BREAKING NEWS: BICYCLE BOMB KILLS 5 IN SOUTHERN IRAQ

Police: Bicycle Bomb Kills 5 in Southern Iraq

Police: A bomb attached to a bicycle kills 5 in Hillah, southern Iraq

By HAMID AHMED
The Associated Press

BAGHDAD
A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq on Sunday and two others were killed when twin car bombs exploded in the western Anbar province, police said.

Maj. Muthana Khalid said a booby trapped bicycle exploded at a popular fruit and vegetable market Sunday near Hillah, the capital of Iraq's Babil province, 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad.

Thirty-seven people were wounded in the attack, Khalid said.

Also Sunday, a police official in the western city of Ramadi said two people, including a policeman, were killed and four wounded when two car bombs exploded minutes apart in the visitors' parking lot of the city's Traffic Police Directorate.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Ramadi is the capital of Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad.

Last week, twin suicide attacks in downtown Baghdad killed 155 people, the worst attacks in Iraq in two years.