Two killed and eleven wounded in car bomb blast

At least two people were killed and eleven others injured when a car bomb exploded morning while the vehicle was being examined at a checkpoint as it tried to enter the UN compound in Baghdad.

At least two people were killed and eleven othesr injured when a car bomb exploded morning while the vehicle was being examined at a checkpoint as it tried to enter the UN compound in Baghdad.

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.