8 killed, 42 injured in explosion in mourning procession in Hilla, Babel Province

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: At least 8 people have been killed and 48 others injured in an attack that took place against a mourning procession in Hilla, the center of west Iraq’s BabelProvince on Friday, a Babel security source reported.   “Four persons were killed and 48 others injured on Friday by a booby-trapped car explosion, targeted against a mourning procession in Prophet Ayoub district, 3 km south of Hilla, as preliminary result,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency, adding that the wounded were driven to a nearby hospital for treatment.   Noteworthy is that 13 persons have been killed and 43 others injured on 14/9/2011, by a booby-trapped car explosion against a popular restaurant in Shomally south of Hilla, whilst pesons were injured in another car blast in Jigala area, 50 km to the north of Hilla on 16/9/2011.   Four other persons were killed and 17 were injured in a suicide bomber by a booby-trapped car blast in Iskandaria township north of Hilla.   The city of Hilla, the center of BabelProvince, is 110 km to the south of Baghdad. SKH (IT) 208