Death toll rises to 58 in Baghdad church attack

2010-11-01
BAGHDAD

(Xinhua) -- The death toll from Sunday's church attack in Baghdad has rise to 58 while 75 others were wounded, an Interior Ministry source said Monday.

"Our latest reports said that 58 people were killed and 75 others wounded by the gunmen attack and the operation of the Iraqi security forces to release dozens of hostages in Karrada church," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Among the dead were 43 civilians, most of them women and children hostages, ten security members and five gunmen, the source said, adding that 15 security members were among the wounded. the rest

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