43 die in blasts at Baghdad bus station

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A pair of car bombs exploded Wednesday morning at a bus station in central Baghdad, killing at least 43 people and wounding 88, Iraqi police said.

A third explosion was reported near al-Kindi Hospital, where the casualties from the first two bombings were taken.

The explosions occurred about 10 minutes apart, starting at 7:45 a.m. (11:45 p.m. ET), at the al-Nahda bus terminal, which provides service to southern Iraq.

Video from the scene showed the smoldering wreckage of a vehicle near two buses, but black smoke obscured much of the view. Iraqi police said 22 vehicles were damaged.

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