Death toll in Iraq bombing rises to 28

The death toll following a bombing in a mainly Shiite area in southern Iraq has reached 28. 45 others have been injured. And many of the victims are women and children.

Thousands of unearthed mortar rounds found in southern Baghdad. At least 28 people were killed and 40 wounded in a car bombing in a market area in a town in southern Iraq on Wednesday, a  hospital director in the nearby city of Nasiriyah told AFP  (AFP/File/David Furst)

A car filled with explosives was parked in the commercial area of a town in Dhi Qar province when it blew up Wednesday morning.