Car bomb explodes near Baghdad morgue

Atlanta News.Net
Thursday 3rd July, 2008

A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10.

Officials say the explosion took place in front of the morgue of Baghdad's Al-Yarmukh hospital.

The hospital caters to all-comers and is one of the main medical facilities in the capital.

Several shops near the hospital were also destroyed by the explosion.

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