Dozens dead in fresh wave of Baghdad bombings aimed at Shia areas [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

Sunday 27 October 2013 04.30 EDT

Insurgents unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the latest in a series of co-ordinated attacks targeting civilian areas that have killed hundreds in recent months.

Four police officers said the bombs, placed in parked cars and detonated over half an hour, targeted commercial areas and car parks. The deadliest blasts were in the northern Shaab, southern Abu Dshir and south-eastern Nahrwan districts, each of which killed six people.

Other blasts hit the neighbourhoods of Mashtal, Baladiyat and Ur in eastern Baghdad and the northern Sab al-Bor and Hurriyah districts.

Six medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to release information.

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