Truck bomb kills 25 in Iraq market: officials

DIWANIYA: A truck bomb in a crowded market in the central Iraqi city of Diwaniya Killed at least 25 people and wounded around 70 on Tuesday, medical and security officials said.

"At least 25 people were killed and around 70 wounded when a bomb blew up in a truck parked in the central market," a police colonel told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A hospital source in the city, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad, confirmed receiving 25 dead.