9 people killed or wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday, that nine people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.
The source said in a press statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, this morning, near a popular market in Mahmudiya District south of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding seven others.”
The source, who requested 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 cordoned off the area and prevented approaching it.”