Car bomb hits Iraq’s Kerbala

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb caused many casualties
near the central bus station in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on
Sunday, police said.

The city, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, is home to
two of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines and has been targeted in
the past by insurgent bombings.

Two car bombs went off in Baghdad around the same time,
police said. One targeted an Iraqi army patrol, killing three
people and wounding 10. Soldiers and civilians were among the
casualties in the mainly Sunni Aadhamiya district.

A second bomb, also in the north of the city, killed one
civilian and wounded five. It was not clear what was the target
of the blast at a major traffic intersection. A major Sunni
mosque and a government newspaper office are in the
neighborhood.