MELBOURNE: Iraqi first division player Ahmed Naser lost one of his legs during a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday, the Asian Football Confederation reported on its website yesterday.
Naser, who plays for first division side Al Sena, was shopping with team-mate Ihab Kareem when the bomb exploded in the Al Shourja commercial area of the Iraqi capital, killing over 80 people.
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