Motorcycle rigged with explosives went off in the center of Iraq's southern city of Basra, killing at least four people and wounding four others, according to Iraqi security forces.
The Associated Press
The blast set ablaze two other vehicles and sent a column of black smoke into the sky. The governor of Basra, Asaad al-Idani, told reporters on the scene that a motorcycle had exploded, quickly blaming militants from the Islamic State group. Iraq's Security Media Cell, an outlet affiliated with the country's security forces, said in a statement that four people were killed and four were wounded as a result of the fire in two cars that were near the motorcycle.
Explosions have been rare in the oil-rich, predominantly Shiite Basra region in recent years, particularly since the defeat of the Sunni militant Islamic State group in 2017.
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