Hillah, Iraq - A suicide bombing that targeted a group of Iraqi construction workers killed 17 people and wounded 49 others in Hillah, 100 kilometres south of Baghdad, Sunday.
According to a police source, the suicide bomber, who was wearing a belt with explosives, blew himself up amid a group of dozens of workers.
"The death toll might very well increase," a police source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
"The blast was huge and the condition of some of the wounded is serious."