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September 27, 2023

At Least 100 Killed in Iraq as Blaze Tears Through Wedding Party
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In Iraq, at least 100 people were killed when a massive fire ripped
through a wedding party in the northern Nineveh province Tuesday night.
At least 150 others were injured. The blaze may have been caused by
fireworks used inside during the ceremony. Relatives of the wedding
guests have been desperately searching for their loved ones.

Ayad al-Qassab: "My nephew's wife, Rawan, and their children, Charbel
and Ghazal, all three of them, we can't find them. We are looking across
Mosul and couldn't find them. We're looking in all hospitals - nothing.
They said in Erbil. We called there, and they can't find them, either."



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