A relatively rare car bomb attack in the centre of the holy city of Najaf wounded 23 people on Sunday

A relatively rare car bomb attack in the centre of the holy city of Najaf wounded 23 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said.
  
The attack struck near a restaurant in Najaf's old town, provincial health department spokesman Salim Naama said. Of the 23 wounded, four were seriously hurt, he said.
  
"The terrorists tried to put the car near the shrine, but security measures prevented them from getting there, so they blew it up in the old city," provincial police chief Major General Abdulkarim al-Amiri told AFP. He did not give a precise toll from the attack.