Karbala, Iraq, Sept 7, 2025 (AFP) - Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq: rescuers

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2025-09-07

Two people were killed and several injured when a section of a bridge under construction collapsed in southern Iraq, local authorities said Sunday. The collapse took place late Saturday, with the rescue operation lasting more than 13 hours. An AFP photographer reported that rescue workers laboured until morning to free those trapped in their vehicles under the twisted wreckage of the bridge on the main Karbala-Baghdad road. Karbala's civil defenc......

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