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Iraqi cities hit by car bomb attacks Multiple car bomb attacks hit Iraq
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At least 14 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in central and southern Iraq, officials say. At least 26 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in central and southern Iraq, officials say.
In the first attacks two car bombs targeted a bus station and a restaurant in the southern city of Basra. Baghdad was worst hit. At least five car bombs exploded near bus stations and outdoor markets in mainly Shia Muslim districts of the capital.
Soon afterwards, bombs were reported to have struck several parts of the capital, Baghdad. Two bombs went off earlier in the day in the southern city of Basra.
Attacks in mainly Shia Muslim Basra, which was previously relatively peaceful, have increased recently. The attacks come amid a recent rise in violence in Iraq linked to growing political and sectarian tension.
At least 60 people died in three bombings in Sunni Muslim areas in and around Baghdad on Friday. Those bombings followed deadly attacks on Shia targets across Iraq.
On Sunday, at least 10 policemen were reported killed in north-western Iraq in attacks blamed by the authorities on Sunni militants.
Basra, a mainly Shia Muslim city, had been seen as relatively peaceful, but there too, violence has increased in recent months.
In March a car bomb in the city killed 10 and wounded many others. On Saturday gunmen there shot and killed a Sunni Muslim cleric.In March a car bomb in the city killed 10 and wounded many others. On Saturday gunmen there shot and killed a Sunni Muslim cleric.
The latest attacks follow a rise in violence in recent weeks in Iraq linked to growing political and sectarian tension between the Sunni and Shia communities. In Monday's attacks, at least 16 people died in Baghdad and more than 10 in Basra, officials said.
At least 10 policemen were reported killed on Sunday in north-western Iraq in attacks blamed by the authorities on Sunni militants.