2 women wounded in shooting near Hilla

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Gunmen opened fire in a souk (outdoor market) north of al-Hilla city on Friday, leaving two women wounded, a local security source said. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on pedestrians inside a souk in the area of al-Latifiya, (60 km) north of Hilla, wounding two women,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The source did not elaborate on the motives behind the attack or the nature of the injuries. Hilla, the capital city of the province of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2