Twin Car Bombs In Karbala Kill Four

BAGHDAD: Iraqi police say a pair of car bombs in the holy city of Karbala killed at least four people and wounded 22, with the second blast detonating near the provincial governor’s home.

Police officials said the first booby-trapped car exploded about 12:30 p.m. on Monday near a kindergarten and across from a restaurant popular with police about half a mile from the revered Imam Hussein shrine.

The second blast went off minutes later just 50 yards (meters) away in a residential street near the governor’s residence. He was not near either blast.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.