KARBALA, Iraq – Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala ahead of Arafa day and Eid al-Adha holiday to make insecurity, wounding at least 26 Shia, police and medical officials said.The first bomb exploded in a crowded popular restaurant near a military base at about 9:00 a.m. local time.The first bomb exploded in a crowded popular restaurant near a military base in the heart of the city, located 110 kilometres (69 miles) south of the capital Baghdad, around 9:00 am (0600 GMT), causing several injuries, police said.
However, a second bomb minutes later, unknown militants detonated another bomb when Iraqi security forces, ambulances and people gathered there for rescue operations to help the wounded, caused most of the casualties.
A senior health official for Karbala province said that at least four people were Martyred and 25 others had been wounded in the attacks.
Despite a fall in violence in Iraq since last year, a number of recent blasts have raised fears that sustained violence could return to the country.
The four-day holiday of Eid al-Adha begins in Iraq on Saturday.
