Bomb explodes near Karbala, no victims: Iraqi police

KARBALA, Iraq, Dec 20 (AFP) - A bomb exploded Monday on the western outskirts of Karbala, causing no casualties, Iraqi police said, one day after car bombs in Karbala and in its sister shrine city of Najaf killed 66 people.
"A bomb exploded at a spot where the police normally set up checkpoints not far from a hotel," said police spokesman Rahman Meshawi.
Funeral processions were held Monday for the 14 killed in Karbala and 52 killed in Najaf on Sunday. Nearly 200 people were wounded in the twin blasts.

12/20/2004 16:43 GMT - AFP