Fears over rising Iraq bomb toll

August 16, 2007
Fears over rising Iraq bomb toll

There is uncertainty over the final death toll in Tuesday's devastating multiple bomb attacks in northern Iraq against the minority Yazidi community.

The interior ministry said at least 400 people had died. But police officials and the health ministry dispute this, saying more than 200 were killed.

Earlier, the regional governor said as many as 200 people may still be buried.

The bombing of two Yazidi villages near Mosul was one of the worst attacks in more than four years of war in Iraq.