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BAGHDAD, June 26 (KUNA) -- At least one person was killed and seven others
wounded as a result of a car bomb near a mourning place in Jabala town,
Babylon Governorate, to the south of Baghdad, Sunday night.
The blast apparently targeted the entourage of chief of the local security
committee Haidar Al-Zanbour who were in the mourning, a security source told
KUNA here.
The bombing took place at 9:30 pm in the exhibitions area, Jabala town,
some 70 km north of Babylon's provincial capital of Al-Hillah, and left
extensive material damage to the nearby cars and shops, the source added.
Earlier today an explosive charge went off in the same town, resulting in
11 casualties among policemen, including a superintendent, who were having
breakfast at a popular restaurant. (end)
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