16 killed as bomb destroys bus in Iraq: police
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — At least 16 people were killed when a civilian passenger bus was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq, local police said Tuesday.
At least 22 people were wounded in the bombing, which occurred on the Basra-Nasiriyah road some 430 kilometers (267 miles) south of Baghdad, Nasiriyah police Lieutenant Colonel Ali Siwan said.
The bus had earlier left the southern port city of Basra, he said.
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