Baghdad: Mortar attack kills one, wounds 10

A mortar attack struck a neighborhood in a volatile area south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing a woman and wounding 10 other people, police said. Three mortar rounds were fired at the residential area in Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, police said, giving the casualty toll. In the capital, a roadside bomb struck in a commercial district in downtown Baghdad, wounding a policeman and a bystander, according to police.