El ataque con morteros tuvo lugar en la localidad de Hilla, cerca de Bagdad, la capital de Irak.

BBC: Polacos bajo fuego en Irak

Hilla is located about 60 miles (100 km) south of Baghdad.

CNN: Deadly blast hits Iraq peace talks

Two days before the handover, 15 people were killed in the province in a land dispute between two tribes outside Hilla, according to the Interior Ministry.

CNN: Part of Iraq 'Triangle of Death' back in Iraqi control

Fleeing the Nazis, Richter was brought to lecture in New York in 1940 by Hilla Rebay, the German painter and collector who helped found the Guggenheim Museum.

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