3 civilians wounded in mortar attack in Hilla

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Three civilians were wounded in an attack with 12 mortar shells that landed near a military base in al-Hilla city, according to a statement by the U.S. forces’ media affairs office in southern Iraq. “An attack with 12 mortar shells waged on a military base in central Hilla left three civilians wounded. Two of the wounded were women, one of them was an 80-year-old who was injured in her leg while the other was a 66-year-old who received shrapnel in her neck,” read the statement as received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “The three were injured outside the parameters of the military base. They were rushed to a nearby hospital in Hilla for treatment,” it added. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 24