13 December 2010 - 20:30

Casualties from the explosion that targeted a Shiite gathering in Diala rose to four dead and 17 wounded, according to a security source.

DIALA, Iraq (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Casualties from the explosion that targeted a Shiite gathering in Diala rose to four dead and 17 wounded, according to a security source.

“Four people, including a policeman, were killed and 17 others were wounded in the explosion that targeted a Shiite gathering in Baladruz district, southwestern Baaquba,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

A police source had said earlier that a suicide bomber blew himself up targeting a Shiite gathering in Baladruz , killing two persons and injuring five.

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