Iraq suicide bomb death toll rises to 37: hospital
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - The number of people killed in a suicide bombing on Monday in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in southern Iraq has risen to 37, a spokesman for the city's main hospital said.
The bomber also wounded 54 people, the head of information at the al Hussein hospital, Salim Kadhem, said.
(Writing by Mohammed Abbas, editing by Ross Colvin)
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