¡¡BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and 15 others wounded when a car bomb went off in a busy street near a Baghdad hotel complex on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

    "A minibus detonated at about 10:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) while traveling on Sa'adon Street between Baghdad Hotel and Meridian Hotel," the source said on condition of anonymity.

    "We still don't know whether a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the minibus or the blast occurred prematurely before the minibus reached target," the source added.

    "Black smoke rose over the area where the minibus detonated," witnesses at the scene told Xinhua, adding there were other vehicles caught fire near the area and volunteers were evacuating bodies and wounded people. Enditem