URGENT / 65 casualties in Basra marketplace explosion

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The al-Joumhouri hospital received more than 65 people, who were killed or wounded in the explosion that took place on Monday in Basra, a medical source said. A police source had said earlier that a bike bomb went off in al-Hamza marketplace in Basra, leaving unspecified number of casualties. SH (P) 7