SHOTLIST
Musayyib district,
Hillah, 60 miles (95 kilometres) south of
Baghdad
1. Wide of police and onlookers and at blast scene, pool of blood on the ground
2.
Various of pools of blood on ground
3. Low angle of tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits on the ground
4. Ababndoned sandals piled at the site
5. Wide of police vehicles and fire engine at the blast site
6.
Holes in the side of a police vehicle
7. SOUNDBITE (
Arabic)
Ali Hassan,
Eyewitness:
"
A bomb attached to a bicycle exploded here in front of our shop as shoppers and police were gathering. 35 people were either killed or wounded."
8. Wide of cleaners sweeping debris out of the blast site
Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Baghdad
9. Wide of bus damaged by bomb explosion
10. Various of damaged bus, crane removing parts
11.
Shoes and other debris on the ground, pan left to pool of blood on the ground, zoom in
12.
Policemen examining the blast site
13. More of damaged bus
14. More of debris on the ground
15. Various of security at blast scene, zoom out, pan left of security and onlookers at blast scene
Abu Dishir neighbourhood, southwestern Baghdad
16. Wide of the commercial thoroughfare where mortar rounds struck
17.
Close up of damaged facade of building with
sign reading (Arabic) ''al-Rahman real estate office''
18.
Damaged facade of building
19. Various of damaged ceiling of a shop
20. Bloodstain on ground outside shops
21. Rubble and damage outside shops
STORYLINE
At least five people were killed in
Iraq on Sunday when a bomb attached to a bicycle exploded near the southern city of Hillah, and at least six others were killed in violence across the country, police said.
They said another 37 people were injured in the blast at a popular fruit and vegetable market in Musayyib district near Hillah, the capital of
Babil province, 60 miles (95 kilometres) south of Baghdad.
Also Sunday, three people were killed when a bomb that was detonated remotely exploded on a bus as the vehicle approached a police checkpoint in the southern holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Baghdad, officials and health officials said.
12 other people were wounded, they said.
The blast took place at about 1:00 p.m. (
1000 GMT).
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press.
Meanwhile, police in the western city of
Ramadi said two people, including a policeman, were killed when two car bombs exploded minutes apart in the visitors' parking lot of the city's
Traffic Police Directorate.
Four people were injured in the attack, a police official said.
Ramadi is the capital of Iraq's
Anbar province, located 70 miles (115 kilometres) west of Baghdad.
Sunday's explosions came hours after at least three mortar rounds slammed into a commercial thoroughfare in the Abu Dishir neighbourhood in southwestern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding seven others, according to police and eyewitnesses.
The bloodshed came as Iraqi lawmakers intensify negotiations over a new election law that many hope will hasten the end of political gridlock over control of oil-rich
Kirkuk - an old dispute between
Arabs and
Kurds that has threatened Iraq's fragile stability as
US troops prepare to leave the country.
The
Iraqi government, facing a January election, has been under intense pressure to show that the military and police are able to handle security as US troops slowly withdraw.
The incidents also came a week after attacks in downtown Baghdad killed 155 people, the worst in Iraq in two years.
Many are questioning the ability of the government led by
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to protect its people.
An al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for last week's bombings.
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