Seven people have been killed in a car bomb explosion south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
12 others were injured in the attack near the town of Haswa, about 50km south of Baghdad.
The explosives-packed vehicle had been left by the side of the road and was detonated remotely.
Iraqi police said all of those killed were civilians. Three of the wounded were policemen.
Yesterday, a car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint near the National Theatre in central Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20.
Two British security guards were also killed in southern Iraq yesterday when a roadside bomb blew up as a British consular convoy was passing.
