At least twelve people were killed and dozens wounded Friday evening in a car bomb explosion in the southern part of the Iraqi capital, an official said.
An explosive-laden car parked at a market place in the Shia-dominated Abudisher district went off at around 4.35 p.m. (1335 GMT), killing 12 people and wounding dozens, an interior ministry official said requesting anonymity.
No further details were immediately available.