A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq on Sunday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, AP quoted police as saying. Maj. Muthana Khalid said a booby trapped bicycle exploded at a popular fruit and vegetable market Sunday near Hillah, the capital of Iraq"s Babil province, 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad. Thirty-seven people were wounded in the attack, Khalid said. In the western city of Ramadi, two people including a policeman were killed when twin car bombs exploded minutes apart in the visitors" parking lot of the city"s Traffic Police Directorate. Also Sunday, three people were killed when a bomb that was detonated remotely exploded on a bus as the vehicle approached a police checkpoint in the southern holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, officials said. --SPA
