Nine dead in Iraq mortar attack

The Interior Ministry source said that three mortar rounds landed on three homes in the restive Al-Dura district.

Nine people were killed and 20 injured as mortar crashed on homes in the restive Al-Dura district of southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said.

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The Interior Ministry source said on Wednesday that three mortar rounds landed on three homes, in an incident, which raised the day's death toll from bombings and other attacks to more than 20.