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Terror attacks damage Spanish embassy in Baghdad

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-04 20:44

MADRID - One of the bombs in the wave of terrorist attacks in Baghdad Sunday damaged the Spanish embassy in the city, an embassy official said.

The embassy is situated in the Al Mansur district of the Iraqi capital, next to the German embassy where two security guards were killed in the explosion, which caused "considerable damage."

"The explosion caused a great deal of material damage, breaking windows in various offices and in the ambassador's residence," explained Antonio Gonzalez-Zavala, who is in charge of business affairs for the embassy.

There were no victims in the Spanish embassy, as the plastic covering on the window stopped any flying glass, Gonzalez-Zavala said.

"Everyone reacted quickly and they then took us to a security zone," he said.

Sunday's wave of explosions in Baghdad was thought to have caused at least 15 deaths.