Karbala blast casualties up to 128

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Casualties from the powerful blast that targeted Shiite visitors in Karbala rose to 20 dead and 108 wounded, a medical source said on Wednesday. “Al-Husseini hospital received 10 bodies and 42 wounded, while al-Nesaaiya hospital received three wounded and al-Hindiya hospital, east of Karbala, received 10 corpses and 63 injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. A medical source had said earlier that al-Husseini hospital received seven dead and 50 wounded as a result of the explosion that took place in Karbala this morning. Karbala is 110 km southwest of Baghdad. SH (P) 2