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[Rick Faurot]

13 Killed in Baghdad Blast, UN Official Says

Tue August 19, 2003 11:46 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed in Tuesday's suspected truck bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, a U.N. official told CNN.

"We have 13 dead and I hope we will not have more than that," Salim Lone said by telephone from the scene of the blast.

Lone said U.N. special representative to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose office appeared to have been the target of the bombers, was still trapped under the rubble.

"He was certainly conscious in the minutes after the blast. I am not sure of his condition at the moment," Lone said.