Car bomb kills 10, wounds 15 south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (Reuters) At least 10 people were killed and 15 wounded today when a car bomb went off in a market in the town of Suwayra south of Baghdad, police sources said.

But the mayor of Suwayra, Hussein Abdullah, told Reuters that eight were killed and 48 wounded when the car exploded near a bank in the town's market.

Suwayra, a mixed Sunni and Shi'ite town, is 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad.

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