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13 Aug 2019, 06:57 GMT+10
Baghdad [Iraq], Aug 13 (ANI): At least one person was killed and 20 people suffered injuries in a huge explosion at an ammunition depot in Southern Baghdad on Monday.
"The powerful explosion in southern Baghdad killed one person and wounded 29 others," Xinhua quoted Sayf al-Badr, spokesman of Iraqi Health Ministry as saying.
Al-Badr said that all the wounded have been shifted to hospitals.
He did not give more details about casualties among the security forces inside the military base.
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