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Motorcycle blast kills 4 people in Iraq

BASRA, Iraq — A motorcycle rigged with explosives exploded in the center of Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding four, according to Iraqi security forces.

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 that a motorcycle had exploded, and he blamed militants from the Islamic State group.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the morning attack near a major hospital, which shook city residents.

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 wounded as a result of a fire in two cars that were near the motorcycle.

It said forensics teams were at the scene and that more details would be released on the nature of the explosion once investigations were completed.

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