Eight people killed in Iraq blast

Eight members of a single family were killed Friday in an explosion near the Iraqi city of Nasiriya, a police source said, and five others died elsewhere.

The unidentified source said the explosion in the suburbs of the southeastern city appeared to have been caused by a former military bomb found by one of the family's children, Alsumaria reports.

The explosion from the ordnance killed eight of the family members, including three women and two children.

Elsewhere, the Iraqi TV network said Mahmoud Younes, a leader in the Islamic Party, was killed Friday by gunmen in Mosul.

Younes and one of his guards were killed by unknown gunmen while near the Islamic official's Mosul home.

Meanwhile, Alsumaria reported a car bombing in the Ninevah Province killed three people and injured 11 others Friday.

The bombing appeared to have targeted a police patrol, the network said.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

Publication date: 08 August 2008

Source: UPI-1-20080808-13115300-bc-iraq-violence.xml

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Eight people killed in Iraq blast

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