Civilian killed, 10 wounded in car bomb attack in south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least a civilian was killed on Monday and 10 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Hilla, the capital of Babil province, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The blast took place around noon when a booby-trapped car detonated at Nadir district in central Hilla, some 100 km south of Baghdad, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene, while ambulances evacuated the victims to the city hospitals, the source said.

Earlier in the day, another car bomb ripped through the residential compound of al-Ghadier near the city of Mosul, the capital of Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, killing nine people and wounding 20 others.

Mosul's attack targeted the Iraqi minority of Shabak who are an ethnic and Shi'ite group living in villages around in Nineveh province, particularly, around the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad.

Iraqi cities have been plagued by several attacks, including suicide bombings, since the U.S. troops pulled out of the country earlier last month.

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