Car bomb in Iraq's Kufa kills 39

KUFA, Iraq, July 18 (Reuters) A car bomb hit a group of labourers in a crowded market in the southern Iraqi city of Kufa today , killing 39 people and wounding 55, police said.

The blast occured 50-100 metres from a Shi'ite shrine as labourers were boarding a minibus that had pulled into the crowd looking for workers, witnesses said.

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