Explosion in Iraqi parliament

Via MSNBC:

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A bomb rocked Iraq’s parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone Thursday, killing at least two lawmakers in a stunning security breach in the third month of a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown on violence in the capital, officials said.

At least four other people were wounded in the blast, which shook a cafeteria while several lawmakers were eating lunch, initial media reports said.

Mohammed Awad, a member of the Sunni National Dialogue Front, was killed in the blast, said Saleh al-Mutlaq, the leader of the party, which holds 11 seats in Iraq’s legislature. Another female Sunni lawmaker from the same list was wounded, he said.

A security official at the parliament building said a second lawmaker, a Shiite member, also was killed. He spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

“We heard a huge explosion inside the restaurant. We went to see what was going on. We saw lots of smoke coming from the hall, with people lying on the ground and pools of blood,” a parliamentary official told Reuters by telephone from the scene.

Sky News has video from the scene.

Read more via Pajamas Media, which, contrary to the MSNBC story, is reporting that three parliament members were killed.