Twin bombings killed a local leader and four other people south of Baghdad, wounding explosives experts trying to defuse another bomb, Reuters reported Dec. 24. Twenty people were wounded in the attacks at a bus and taxi terminal in central Hilla. Provincial council member Na'ma Jassim al Bakri was among the dead. An official said three explosive experts called in to defuse a roadside bomb in the terminal were wounded. Near Karbala, a bomb blast ripped through a restaurant wounding nine people, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. An eyewitness said an improvised explosive device went off inside the restaurant in al-Atieshi region.