Turkey- Suicide bombing kills 'scores' in Iraq's Hilla: Police


(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >A car bomb exploded on Sunday at an army checkpoint in the Iraqi city of Hilla south of Baghdad killing and injuring "scores" of people according to local police sources.

The bomber detonated his explosive-laden truck at a checkpoint at the city’s entrance Salman al-Jabri a police officer told Anadolu Agency.

"Scores" he said had been killed and injured by the "enormous blast".

It remains unknown until now whether any military personnel were among the victims.

There has as yet been no claim of responsibility for Sunday's attack.


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