9 people killed, wounded in bomb blast in southern Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday, that nine people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast in southern Baghdad.
The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, a bomb exploded in the district of Mahmudiya in southern Baghdad, killing two people and injuring seven others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while a raid operation was carried out to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”