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Explosions rock central Baghdad
Police say 10 killed, 22 wounded
Monday, October 24, 2005; Posted: 1:29 p.m. EDT (17:29 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Three explosions near two hotels housing journalists rocked Iraq's capital at sunset Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 22, Baghdad emergency police said.
Police said the three blasts were caused by suicide bombers using two car bombs and a cement truck, but journalists in one of the hotels said the first two explosions were rockets, followed by a car bomb.
A statement from the Combined Press Information Center said the explosions were a combination of rockets and car bombs, and said no coalition forces were injured in the attack. (Watch explosions rock central Baghdad -- 2:05)
The third blast was larger than the initial explosions and went off as police and emergency crews rushed to the scene.
The flash from the explosion could be seen more than a mile and a half away, CNN's Nic Robertson said.
The bombs went off near the Palestine Hotel and another hotel, which overlook Firdos Square, where Iraqis and U.S. troops pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein after the April 2003, U.S.-led invasion.
Authorities said they would investigate how suicide bombers were able to get so close to the hotels in the high-security neighborhood.
Several shops and businesses were damaged, Baghdad police said
The blasts occurred when people would normally be heading home to break their daily Ramadan fast, Robertson said.