Eight killed in #Iraq #car_bomb
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A car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint south of #Baghdad on Thursday, killing eight people, as Iraq struggles with daily #violence ahead of an election next week. The blast five kilometers (three miles) north of the city of Hilla also wounded 20 people, a police captain and a doctor said. Iraq is suffering a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 2,750 people this year, and the April 30 parliamentary vote — the first since American troops departed in 2011 — will be a major test for security forces. read more