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| Car bombings kill 25 in Baghdad | |
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| At least 25 people have been killed and about 40 have been wounded in two separate bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police have said. | |
| The first blast happened in the mainly Shia shopping district of Karrada, killing at least 15 people. | |
| Later, a fuel tanker exploded near a petrol station in the mainly Sunni suburb of Mansour, killing 10 people. | |
| Also in Baghdad, the US military said three of its soldiers were killed and six wounded by a roadside bomb. | |
| The Karrada bomb was placed in a parked vehicle and went off in an area with many electronics stores and a popular ice-cream parlour, reports say. | |
| A car bomb in the same area killed 25 people last week. | A car bomb in the same area killed 25 people last week. |
| Karrada has been hit by a string of bombs in the past 10 days. On Monday of last week, four separate car bombs killed 16 people. | Karrada has been hit by a string of bombs in the past 10 days. On Monday of last week, four separate car bombs killed 16 people. |
| US and Iraqi forces have tightened security in Baghdad since earlier in the year in an attempt to stem such bombings. | US and Iraqi forces have tightened security in Baghdad since earlier in the year in an attempt to stem such bombings. |