31 dead in Baghdad market blast

A bomb planted on a minibus killed 31 people in a fish market in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad today, while police imposed curfews in some Sunni areas to prevent any outbreak of violence after Saddam Hussein's execution.

The blast occurred in Kufa, a Shiite town 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital, but there was no indication it was related to Saddam's death.

At least 58 people were wounded, said Issa Mohammed, director of the morgue in the neighbouring town of Najaf.