IRAQ: A car bomb blows up while the bomber is driving the vehicle, killing at least three people and wounding another 18 in central Hilla in Iraq, according to police

Record ID: 353602

  • Title: IRAQ: A car bomb blows up while the bomber is driving the vehicle, killing at least three people and wounding another 18 in central Hilla in Iraq, according to police
  • Date: 17th January 2012
  • Summary: HILLA, IRAQ (JANUARY 16, 2012) (REUTERS) IRAQI FIRE-FIGHTERS, SOLDIERS AND POLICEMEN AT BLAST SCENE WRECKED CIVILIAN VEHICLES AT BLAST SCENE AND IRAQI SOLDIERS AND POLICEMEN AT SCENE WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB DEBRIS OF CAR BOMB AND DAMAGED CIVILIAN VEHICLES AT SCENE MORE OF DAMAGED CIVILIAN VEHICLES AT BLAST SCENE PEOPLE AND SOLDIERS NEAR DEBRIS OF CAR BOMB DAMAGED CIVI
  • Embargoed: 1st February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq, Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA5W013KVZWCWHYTK0Y640XD71C
  • Story Text: Three people were killed and at least 18 wounded when a car bomb blew up in the Iraqi city of Hilla on Monday (January 16, 2012) while the bomber was driving the vehicle in this town 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police.
    Police added that a number of civilian cars were wrecked in the blast.
    A member of Babil city council said the blast was the outcome of the country's unstable security situation.
    "The blasts in Ramadi, Babil and Basra are due to the political situation," said Hussein Kamoun.
    "As the security situation is unstable, we could expect such criminal acts," Kamoun added.
    Earlier on Monday, a car bomb exploded inside a residential complex housing displaced Shi'ite Muslims in the city of Mosul, killing at least eight people and wounding four, hospital and police sources said.
    The bombing was the latest in a series of attacks on Shi'ite pilgrims and other targets since a political crisis erupted a month ago in Iraq's fragile power-sharing government, split among Shi'ite, Sunni Muslim and Kurdish blocs.
    Political tensions in Iraq have been high since December when Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government ordered the arrest of a Sunni vice president, touching off a crisis that has many fearing a relapse into sectarian conflict.
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