Iraq: three car bomb explosions

Two car bombs targeting police and Iraqis looking for work at a government office exploded south of &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/war/2003/04/08/45800.html ' target=_blank>Baghdad on Sunday, inflicting dozens of casualties, police and witnesses said. The bloodiest attack occurred in Hilla, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, where a suicide &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=14824 ' target=_blank>car bomber drove into a crowd of people applying for work at a government office, tells ABC News. A suicide car bomber drove into a crowd of people applying for work in a government office south of Baghdad and detonated his explosives on Monday, killing 25 people and wounded 71, a senior Interior Ministry official and witnesses said. The Interior Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said 25 people were killed and 71 wounded, and added that the death toll was likely to rise, reports the Boston Globe. Dozens of bodies could be seen laying on the ground after the blast, and half a dozen ambulances ferried casualties to a nearby hospital, witnesses said. According to the Sidney Morning Herald, the huge blast damaged nearby shops and parked cars, and sent people fleeing. In a separate attack in Musayyib, about 30km north of Hillah, another car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint, killing at least one police officer and wounding several others, police said on condition of anonymity. NR

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