NEW : All vehicles stopped in city of Amara through Thursday , provincial governor says . Death toll continues to rise as Interior Ministry reports 151 wounded . State television reports that many of the casualties are women , children . The incident occurred in a Christian section of the largely Shiite New Baghdad district . It has been scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions vying for power .
NEW : All vehicles stopped in city of Amara through Thursday , provincial governor says . Death toll continues to rise as Interior Ministry reports 151 wounded . State television reports that many of the casualties are women , children . It has been scene of fighting between rival Shiite factions vying for power .