8 dead, 16 wounded in Iraq car blast

A car bomb ripped through a busy market in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, killing eight people and wounding 16.

A car bomb ripped through a busy market in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police said.

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The blast hit the al Abassi market, which is near the holy shrine of Kerbala, 110 km south of Baghdad.