14/09/2011 14:04
13 people killed in a car bomb attack in Iraq
Thirteen people have been killed in a car bomb attack outside a restaurant south of Baghdad, an Iraqi doctor has said.
Dr Zuhair al-Khafaji, of the Hillah hospital, said the explosion in the town of al-Shumali also injured 41 bystanders.
The town is about 55 miles south of the capital, the Press Association reports.
Local police were having breakfast at the restaurant when the bomb went off, officials said.
It was not immediately clear how many police were among the dead.
A police official at the scene put the death toll at 11 and confirmed that 41 people were wounded. Conflicting death tolls are common immediately after large attacks in Iraq.