Karbala attacks – result of 2 booby-trapped car blasts that caused 95 casualties

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The explosions that took place in Karbala city on Sunday were caused by 2 booby-trapped car blasts and 2 explosive charges, that caused 95 victims between martyrs and injured, the Commander of Central Euphrates Operations said on Sunday.   “ Karbala city had witnessed today (Sunday) 4 explosions close to the office of Nationality & Civil Status at the center of the city,” General Othman al-Ghanimy told a news conference, attended by IraqiNews.com in Karbala Operations building.   He said the explosions have been caused by using 2 booby-trapped cars and 2 explosive charges, laid under civilian cars, parked in the area of the attack, adding that the first explosion was caused by a booby-trapped car, followed by an explosive charge and then by another explosion when the security forces and ambulance cars arrived to drive the wounded to hospitals, and then another booby-trapped car blew off when other security and ambulance cars arrived.   “The final result, according to al-Husseiny Teaching Hospital in Karbala , has reached 10 people killed and 85 wounded, including 34 security elements, 4 of them officers,” he said.   SKH (IT)