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BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- At least eight civilians were killed and 62 were
wounded Saturday in a series of explosions that shook the Iraqi capital of
Baghdad, a police source said.
The source told KUNA that a car bomb attack at Al-Shula city targeted a bus
full of Iranian pilgrims who were headed to Najaf.
The explosion resulted in killing two Iranians and wounding 28 who were on
the bus, it said.
In a separate accident, a booby-trapped car blasted through a house, in
Al-Kadhimia city north of Iraq, killing its residents of five Iranians and
wounding 17 others.
Elsewhere, four police officers were killed in an explosive device that hit
their patrol car near the Leather General Company in Al-Kurada city.
Also in Al-Kurada city, a third blast occurred by an explosive device which
killed an Iraqi civilian and injured eight others. The explosion also hit the
convoy of Maj. Gen. Subaih Al-Qadi from Court of the Internal Security Forces
while passing through the city.
The source also said that another explosive device blast hit an army patrol
west of Baghdad and wounded three Iraqi soldiers.
In South of Baghdad, another roadside bomb detonated, injuring two
civilians and seriously damaging several stores. (end)
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