Car bomb explodes near UN compound in Baghdad

At least two people were killed and seven others injured this morning when a car bomb exploded while being examined at a checkpoint as it tried to enter the UN compound in Baghdad, Iraqi police reported.

The blast occurred about 100 yards from the UN compound at the Canal Hotel, scene of a devastating car-bombing last month that killed 23 people, including the UN’s top envoy in Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello. The casualties appeared to be the driver and Iraqi police.