Civilian killed, another wounded by hand grenade in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian was killed and another one was wounded in a hand grenade explosion in western Basra on Tuesday, a police source said. “The hand grenade exploded inside a house al-Qebla region in western Basra when a worker attempted to hold it,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The explosion killed the worker and wounded the owner of the house,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2