At Least 30 Killed, 60 Wounded In Suicide Attack In Iraq's Hilla - Aljazeera

According to Aljazeera reports, a suicide bomber attacked a security checkpoint on a strategic highway south of Iraq's capital on Sunday killing at least 30 people.

Another 60 were wounded in the blast near the city of Hilla, police officials said.

"It was apparently a suicide bombing that occurred at a checkpoint that is usually manned by Iraq soldiers and federal police forces. A long line of cars along that key road were also caught in the blast," Arraf said.

No immediate claim of responsiblity was made, however, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has recently carried out a string of attacks near the capital.

Over the past week, a double bombing at a market in Baghdad's Sadr city killed more than 70 people. The following day a suicide attack at a funeral north of Baghdad killed about 30.

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