Orang-orang bersenjata itu menyerang para pekerja listrik yang sedang melakukan operasi perbaikan di jalan antara kota-kota Mahawil dan Iskandriya di Hillah, 100 kilometer sebelah selatan ibukota Irak tersebut, kata sumber itu.
The gunmen had attacked electricity workers who were conducting maintenance operations on the road between Mahawil and Iskandariya cities in Hillah, 100 kilometres south of the capital, the source added.