BABEL / Aswat al-Iraq: At least two persons were killed and 20 others were wounded in a car bomb explosion in central Hilla, a police source said.

 

“A car laden with explosives went off in Bab al-Mashhad region, central Hilla, killing two and wounding twenty,” the source, who asked to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

 

“Policemen cordoned off the whole region and carried victims to hospitals,” he added.

 

Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.

 

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