Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), WASSIT, Iraq -- Three car bombs went off on Tuesday in the city of Kut, leaving unspecified number of casualties, a police source said.
“Three explosions rattled central Kut on Tuesday (Aug. 3) leaving a number of casualties,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Casualties from the car bomb explosion that occurred on Tuesday in central Kut left three dead and 56 wounded, a medical source said.
“The final toll of the car bomb explosion in central Kut reached three dead and 56 wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
This is the first car bomb attack in Kut since 2003, while al-Suweira district, north of Kut, witnessed last May 11, a booby-trapped car blast, which killed nine citizens and injured 71.
Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.
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