Man, wife killed, son wounded in Hilla

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A man and his wife were killed and his son was wounded in a bomb explosion in northern Babel, a police source said on Monday. “An improvised explosive device went off on Monday (Dec. 13) near a civilian’s house in Ajbela region, northeast of Hilla, killing the house’s owner and his wife and injuring his son and damaging the house,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 124