A car bomb has exploded in the Iraqi city of Karbala, leaving at least five people dead and 11 others wounded.
The incident took place in central Karbala near the house of Karbala Governor Aqil al-Turaihi on Tuesday, Iraq’s al-Maalomah news agency reported.
Iraqi sources said the bombing occurred five kilometers away from the shrines of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein, and his brother Hazrat Abbas.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but Daesh has regularly carried out attacks on Iraqi civilians.
The latest figures released by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq show a total of 867 Iraqis were killed and 1,459 others injured in violence in May.
According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 468. Violence also claimed the lives of 399 members of the Iraqi security forces.
A great portion of the fatalities was recorded in Baghdad, where 267 civilians were killed.
