Car bomb in Iraq's Kerbala kills 21, wounds 52
Kerbala, Iraq, May 7 : A car bomb today near the central bus station in the Iraqi Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala killed 21 people and wounded 52 police said.
The
area
has
been
targeted
before
by
car
bombers.
Sunni
Muslim
guerrillas
linked
to
al
Qaeda
have
been
blamed
in
the
past.
Some
say
they
are
trying
to
provoke
sectarian
civil
war.
Reuters
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Story first published: Sunday, May 7, 2006, 12:40 [IST]