A booby-trapped car exploded in Mansour area here on Monday killing a couple of Iraqi civilians and critically wounding at least 15 others, police said. The police said the car exploded near a restaurant in crowded commercial Mansour district this evening destroying cars and neighboring stores. The police, however, denied the presence of any Iraqi or American forces at the explosion scene when the explosives went off.The Iraqi Interior Ministry had previously said today that a booby trapped car driven by a suicide bomber targeted the US occupation forces, killing one solider during the last 24 hours. The ministry, however, had not specified the attack's site. Also in the Iraqi capital, a similar car exploded without causing casualities in Karadah area. Another two attacks were also carried out by light arms and a booby trapped car targeting a patrol of the US-led forces in Mansour injuring five of the patrol's members.