Car bomb rocks Iraq's holy city of Najaf

Car bomb rocks Iraq's holy city of Najaf
Sun Jun 16, 2013 18:37:22

A Car bomb blast has rocked the holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least seven people, al-Alam correspondent reports.

Nobody has taken the responsibility of the blast.

Also on Sunday, seven vehicles rigged with explosives went off in five cities south of the capital Baghdad during morning rush hour, killing at least 20 people and wounding 56 others in mostly Shia areas of Iraq.

Car bombs went off in Kut, Aziziyah, Mahmudiyah, Nasiriyah and Basra, officials said.

In central Basra, an anti-bomb police chief and two of his deputies were killed in an explosion which ripped through the police headquarter, al-Alam correspondent reported.

The war-shattered state has come under considerable attacks in recent months, bringing the total death toll to 2,000 since April, an unprecedented number since 2008.

 

string(1831) "[{"id":"1478497","sort":"3035742","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/27/alalam_635052792662292075_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"At least 50 killed, 19 injured in Iraq car blasts"} ,{"id":"1478929","sort":"3035743","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/28/alalam_635053704782024290_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Fresh violence kills 18 in Iraq"} ,{"id":"1479459","sort":"3035744","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/30/alalam_635055288281952825_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Iraq attacks kill 11 as violence spirals"} ,{"id":"1479573","sort":"3035745","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/30/alalam_635055496217227251_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Iraq violence ready to explode: UN envoy warns"} ,{"id":"1479913","sort":"3035746","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/05/31/alalam_635056339467964712_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"UN envoy says gravely worried about Iraq unrest"} ,{"id":"1480080","sort":"3035747","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/01/alalam_635057010846827679_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Sectarian strife threatens Iraq; 1000 killed in May"} ,{"id":"1482087","sort":"3035748","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/08/alalam_635062809254546963_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"17 Iranian pilgrims martyred in Iraqi car blast"} ,{"id":"1482654","sort":"3035749","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/09/alalam_635063805008236964_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Fresh car bombing kills 7 in Iraqi capital"} ,{"id":"1483091","sort":"3035750","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/10/alalam_635064859855596294_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"At least 20 killed in Iraq market bombing"} ,{"id":"1483272","sort":"3035751","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/11/alalam_635065399728300285_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed"} ,{"id":"1484963","sort":"3035752","contenttypeid":"21","pic":"/2013/06/16/alalam_635069826188500582_25f_4x3.jpg","title":"20 killed in Iraq car bombings"} ]"