3 martyred in car explosion near Hadrat Abbas shrine in Karbala

20 December, 2012 11:03

iraqA bombed car exploded yesterday mid of Karbala city killed 3 Shia and wounded more than 15 people, in less than 3 weeks of previous bombed car explosion in the same place, according to security sources.

The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the car exploded, 750 meters from Imam Abbas Shrine.

The car was cornered inside the garage, which was supposed to explode during the 40th.
day of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (A).

The films of surveillance cameras in the city shall be analyzed, according to the sources.

This is the second explosion within three weeks’ time.

No other details were given.

Karbala, center of the province, lies 108 km south west of the capital, Baghdad.

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