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December 13, 2005
46 people injured by celebratory gunfire
A little more on Saturday night's gunfire. I can't an online version of the story, but it was in the printed version of Stars and Stripes. It is short so I will type it out. The only source is "wire services".
BAGHDAD - Many Iraqis set aside sectarian hatred and united in jubilation last weekend after their national soccer team defeated Syria on penalty kicks to win the gold medal in the West Asian Games. But even that triumph ended in bloodshed.
Five Baghdad hospitals treated 46 people wounded by celebratory gunfire after Saturday night's televised match in Qatar, the Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Thousands of rounds from Kalashnikov rifles and pistols rattled the capital for more than half an hour as tracer bullets streaked the night sky red. Some residents of the Iraqi capital thought they were in the middle of a gunfight.
So 46 people at only 5 hospitals. I wonder what the total was nationwide.
Posted by TJ at December 13, 2005 07:09 PM
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