Some 115 Iraqis were killed in a booby trapped car explosion in Hella

More than 120 Iraqis were killed, more than 100 of them were killed in a booby trapped car explosion in the downtown of Hella city to the south of Baghdad. This operation is considered the bloodiest in Iraq since two years.

Latest news said that the outcome of the explosion increased to 115 killed persons and 148 injured in this operation which was carried out by a suicide bomber, targeting the building of a medical committee in front of which a huge mass of Iraqis queued to get necessary health certificates to apply for governmental posts.

A source in Hella said that the two hands of the executor of the operation were found stuck to the driving wheel of the booby trapped car, while the bodies were collected in trucks and admitted to hospitals. Certain sides expected that the outcome of the explosion will increase because several victims are in critical health conditions.

In other field developments, five Iraqis were killed including three soldiers on Monday in various incidents took place to the north of Baghdad.

News reports said that one Iraqi citizen was killed and another was injured in an attack launched by gunmen at the headquarters of the rapid deployment forces of the police in the downtown of Baqouba city to the north east of Baghdad.