Huge blast hits 'green zone' in Baghdad: Police

A bomb exploded at an entrance leading into the "green zone" and there were an unknown number of casualties, police said.

A roadside bomb exploded at an entrance leading into the heavily fortified "green zone" in central Baghdad on Monday and there were an unknown number of casualties, police said.

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The blast was a few hundred metres (yards) from the fortified compound housing the Iranian embassy in the Iraqi capital.