Bulgarian soldier dies after Iraq car bomb attack

A Bulgarian solider died of his wounds after a car bomb exploded near his military convoy in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala…

A Bulgarian solider died of his wounds after a car bomb exploded near his military convoy in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.

A military source told Reuters: "He died while being transported from the hospital in
Kerbala to Baghdad," said the source, who wished not to be named. Another soldier was also seriously wounded in the attack.

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