30 killed in Iraq by car bomb near shrine

04/28/2007

From the Associated Press
April 28, 2007


BAGHDAD -- A parked car exploded today near one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in the city of Karbala as people were headed to the area for evening prayers, killing about 30 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

The explosion took place in a crowded commercial area near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, officials said. At least 30 people were killed and 50 wounded, said Salim Kazim, the head of the Karbala health department.

A car bomb exploded in the same area on April 14, killing 47 and wounding 224.

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