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Car Bomber Kills At Least 20 In Iraq


A car bomb has killed at least 20 and wounded dozens more people in the city of Hilla, in central Iraq.

Officials said a suicide bomber rammed his car into the entrance of a police headquarters in the city, some 100 kilometers south of Baghdad.

Most of the victims were said to be policemen.

The police station, as well as several buildings nearby, were seriously damaged in the blast.

compiled from agency reports

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