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Car bomb blast near Iraq shrine
Scores killed and wounded in a car bombing at a bus station in Karbala.
Last Modified: 14 Apr 2007 08:13 GMT
At least 37 people were killed 
in the explosion [AFP]

At least 37 people have been killed and about 70 wounded in a car bombing at a bus station in the Shia holy city of Karbala in Iraq.
 
The attack on Saturday occurred about 200 metres from the Imam Hussein shrine, where the grandson of Islam's prophet Muhammad is said to be buried.
"The explosion was a huge one. It took place in a crowded area," said Khalid al-Daami, head of the Karbala's city security committee.
 
Among the dead were several women and children, he said.
Rescue workers could be seen evacuating casualties, including the body of a child carried away on a stretcher, in footage aired on state television.
 
Second bridge attack
 
Police fired into the air to disperse crowds of people and clear the way for more than a dozen ambulances after the bomb exploded.
 
Meanwhile, in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, a suicide car bomb exploded on a major bridge on Saturday, killing at least 10 people, police said.
 
At least 15 people were wounded in the attack, which occurred on the Jadriyah bridge over the Tigris river.
 
The extent of damage to the bridge was not immediately clear.
 
The bombing was the second attack on a major bridge in Baghdad this week.
 
Eleven people were killed when a suicide lorry bomb collapsed the al-Sarafiyah bridge in northern Baghdad on Thursday.
Source:
Agencies
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