Hilla blast leaves 72 casualties

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: The casualties from the car bomb explosion that ripped through the south of Hilla on Thursday rose to 12 dead and 60 wounded, a security source said. “The casualties from the car bomb blast in Hamza al-Gharbi area (30 km south of Hilla), went up to 12 dead and 60 wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. A security source had said earlier that a car bomb went off in Hamza al-Gharbi area, killing 10 civilians and wounding 30 others. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1