Iraq bomb explosion kills 6

Six people were killed and eight others injured Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's southern city of Basra, a police source said.

Six people were killed and eight others injured Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's southern city of Basra, a police source said.

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Two policemen and four civilians were killed in the blast targeted at a police patrol in Basra's Hamdan neighbourhood, the source said.

The wounded were four policemen and four civilians.

The oil-rich Basra is the second largest city in Iraq.