A car bomb went off at a parking-lot in the town of Balad in Salahudin province on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding 29 others, a provincial police source said.
"A car bomb parked in a busy parking-lot in the Shiite holy suburb of Saiyd Muhammad in the town of Balad, some 80 km north of Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding some 29 others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The powerful blast also destroyed dozens of nearby civilian cars, setting fire to most of them, the source said.
The death toll could rise as the area was crowded with people who visit the holy shrine of Imam Muhammad, one of twelve of Shiite most revered Imams.
Source: Xinhua
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