One killed, four wounded in Iraq cemetery attack

A man was killed and four people wounded south of Baghdad on Sunday when a homemade bomb engulfed a family visiting relatives' graves as Ramadan ended and Eid al-Fitr began, police said.

A man was killed and four people wounded south of Baghdad on Sunday when a homemade bomb engulfed a family visiting relatives' graves as Ramadan ended and Eid al-Fitr began, police said.

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The bomb exploded in Iskandiriyah, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Iraqi capital, as the family paid their respects at the end of the Muslim holy month, a police officer from Babil province said.

He said the wounded comprised two women and two men.