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Eighty-two killed, 229 hurt in Najaf car bomb blast: doctors  
 
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A car bomb killed at least 82 people and wounded 229 others outside one
of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in the central Iraqi city of Najaf,
medical sources told AFP.

The Najaf educational hospital reported 81 dead and 200 wounded from the
bombing, said Doctor Ali Jawad, a senior resident at the medical
facility.

He added that 100 of the wounded were listed in serious condition.

Another person was reported dead, as well as 29 wounded, at the city's
general hospital, said Doctor Hussein al-Wan.

The bombing killed Iraq's top Shiite political leader, Ayatollah Mohammad
Baqer al-Hakim.

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