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Blasts hit Baghdad Shia district Baghdad hit by wave of deadly car bombs
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Bomb blasts have killed at least 17 people and injured many more in a Shia Muslim district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. A series of car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 36 people and injured more than 100, officials say.
Police say one was a car bomb that tore through a market in Sadr City in the east of the capital. Police say the blasts targeted markets and car parks in mainly Shia Muslim districts of the city.
There has been a recent upsurge in sectarian violence, sparking fears of a return to the bloodletting of 2007 and 2008.There has been a recent upsurge in sectarian violence, sparking fears of a return to the bloodletting of 2007 and 2008.
Several dozen people died in a wave of attacks on Sunday.Several dozen people died in a wave of attacks on Sunday.
Monday's explosions struck during the morning rush hour.
Reports speak of 12 bombs hitting mainly Shia neighbourhoods.