(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Thursday, that eight people had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, before noon today, near a market for selling fruit and vegetables in Saidiya District south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding seven others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “A security force rushed to the area and transported the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the body of the dead man to the forensic medicine department, while cordoned off the area of the incident and prevented approaching it.”