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Mortar attack kills 10 in east Baghdad - police

BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (Reuters) A mortar attack killed 10 people and wounded 28 more in the Shi'ite eastern Baghdad district of al-Obeidi today, police said.

At least four mortar rounds fell in al-Obeidi, which is close to Sadr City, a sprawling Shi'ite slum and stronghold of powerful anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

REUTERS RKM KN1434

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