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Sorry - this page has been removed. Baghdad hit by suicide bombings as government due to end curfew
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, hours before the government was due to lift a long-standing night curfew in the capital.
At least 50 people were wounded in the blasts, officials said.
For further information, please contact: In the first attack, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt inside a restaurant in the Shia neighbourhood of New Baghdad, leaving 22 dead, police said.
In the second, two bombs targetted the busy Sharqa market district, killing 10 people.
In the third, a bomb killed two people and wounded another seven in the Shia section of the Dura neighbourhood.
Interior ministry spokesman Brig Gen Saad Maan said he did not believe the blasts were linked to the decision to lift the curfew.
The Iraqi government announced on Thursday that the decade-old curfew in the capital would end at midnight on Saturday and that four neighbourhoods would be demilitarised.
The moves are part of a campaign to normalise life in the Iraqi capital and to persuade residents that the city is no longer under threat from Islamic State, the militant group which seized large areas of northern and western Iraq last year.
Some form of curfew has been in place since the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, hindering commercial and civilian movement. The midnight to 5 am curfew has been in place for more than seven years.