At least 5 dead in market bomb south of Baghdad
Source: Reuters
(Adds varying reports of toll) BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least five people and wounded at least 23 in a crowded market on Sunday in Haswa, a small town 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. Police sources in the regional capital Hilla put the death toll at six or seven, with up to 27 wounded, and said it appeared to be a suicide car bombing. Iraqi authorities frequently give varying figures on casualties. The area south of the Iraqi capital is populated by a mix of Sunni Arabs and Shi'ites and is dubbed the "Triangle of Death" because of frequent insurgent attacks. Baghdad was under a vehicle curfew for a third day on Sunday after multiple car bombs on Thursday killed more than 200 people in a Shi'ite stronghold of the capital, sparking revenge attacks on Sunni Arabs in the capital. However several blasts echoed around the capital on Sunday morning. A U.N. envoy warned on Saturday that sectarian violence risked tearing the country apart. Insurgent attacks and executions by death squads are killing around 100 Iraqis a day.
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