Baghdad, Feb 28, SPA -- A suicide car bomber killed 30 peopleand wounded at least 50 others in a massive blast south ofthe Iraqi capital on Monday, police said. Witnesses said the attack occurred in Hilla, about 95kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, where a suicide carbomber drove into a crowd of people applying for work at agovernment office. A police colonel in Hilla, Col. Ali Iskandir, put the tollat 30 dead and 50 wounded. A senior Interior Ministryofficial, speaking earlier on condition of anonymity, saidthe blast killed 25 people and wounded 71 others. Dozens of bodies could be seen laying on the ground afterthe blast, and half a dozen ambulances raced to the scene,ferrying casualties to a nearby hospital, witnesses said.Severed legs, hands and human flesh were scattered aroundthe area. The huge blast damaged nearby shops and parked cars, andsent panicked people fleeing. In a separate attack in Musayyib, about 30 kilometers (20miles) north of Hillah, another car bomb exploded at apolice checkpoint, killing at least one policeman andwounding several others, police said on condition ofanonymity.--SPA1243 Local Time 0943 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/242976
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