A woman in her forties and her daughter died as a result of electric shock in their home in the Abi Ghraq district, west of Hillah, the center of Babylon Governorate. Director of Media for Babylon Police, Brigadier General Adel Al-Husseini, said: "The accident occurred as a result of an electrical short circuit in one of the home appliances." He added: "The police transferred the two bodies to the forensic medicine and opened an investigation into the incident." Source: National Iraqi News Agency