Explosion in southern Baghdad, 7 casualties
The aftermath of a bomb blast. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior revealed that seven persons have been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast in southern Baghdad.
Sharing further details with Iraqi News, the source informed, “An improvised explosive device exploded, at noon today, near a sheep market in Madain district in southern Baghdad, killing two persons and wounding five others.”
“Security forces rushed to the area and evacuated the wounded to a nearby hospital and the bodies to the forensic medicine department, and cordoned off the area and barred approaching it,” the source added.