Iraq Football Team Wins over South Korea; 50 people killed in bomb attacks

[pioneer]

This is how Iraq celebrates victory.
source: news.bbc.co.uk

Two bomb attacks have killed at least 50 people and injured 135 in Baghdad as crowds celebrated the Iraqi national football team's win over South Korea.

The first strike killed 30 people in the Mansour district, where fans were marking Iraq's victory, which takes the side into the final of the Asian Cup.

Twenty died in the next blast, at an army checkpoint in east Baghdad.

Thousands had filled the streets of the capital, dancing and waving flags in a rare moment of national unity.

Police said the two attacks deliberately targeted the jubilant supporters.

The first explosion occurred about 1830 local time (1430GMT) in the western neighbourhood of Mansour, where a car exploded in a crowd of cheering fans.

"I was in a car with my friends, people all around were celebrating and then there was a huge explosion and a lot of fire," an anonymous eyewitness told the AFP news agency.

Death and joy

Less than an hour later a suspected suicide car bomber struck in the midst of dozens of cars filled with supporters near a military checkpoint in the eastern district of Ghadeer.

[buenavista]

grabe pod pag celebrate nila kinahanglan naa pa mamatay...