Scenes From An Iraki Childhood January 20 2008 - Abdullah Abdul Rahman Aged 7
This child’s name is Abdullah Abdul Rahman. He is seven years old.
The photograph of Abdullah crying as a doctor bandages the stump where he once had a hand was taken by Adil al-Khazali in al-Kindi hospital today January 2oth 2008.
The caption supplied by AP with the photo says that Abdullah was one of the people wounded when a bomb hidden in a rubbish pile near a busy restaurant in Sadr city exploded yesterday evening. It explains that at least 2 were killed and 10 wounded.
Local radio reports say the bomb was targeting a police patrol and say that 3 people have now died as a result and that 11, among them Abdullah, were seriously wounded.
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Indexed under: Baghdad, Bombings, Children, Sadr City, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children