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Nearly 40 Iraqis killed, over 80 wounded in Baghdad bombings

Arab World Materials 13 July 2015 06:56 (UTC +04:00)
Nearly 40 people have lost their lives and over eighty more sustained injuries in a series of bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital Baghdad
Nearly 40 Iraqis killed, over 80 wounded in Baghdad bombings

Nearly 40 people have lost their lives and over eighty more sustained injuries in a series of bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Press TV reported.

The first attack occurred when a terrorist blew a car bomb in the Adan square, close to the northwest neighborhood of Kadhimiya, home to the shrines of the seventh Shia Imam, Imam Musa ibn Jafar al-Kazim (PBUH) as well as Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (PBUH), the ninth Shia Imam.

The blast ripped through a checkpoint, claiming the lives of three guards and five civilians, who were passing through. Twenty-three others also sustained injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment.

The second bomb was detonated in the al-Askan district on a commercial street at dusk, as people were preparing to break their fast and eat iftar. The explosion killed at least four people and wounded 11 more.

A third blast took place when a roadside bomb was detonated on a commercial street in the al-Amal neighborhood, killing two people and injuring seven others.

In the northern Shaab neighborhood, a car bomb killed 10 people and wounded a number of others.

As people and police forces gathered in the area to inspect the scene of the car bomb attack, a terrorist detonated his explosive vest, leaving nine dead and 25 wounded.

A roadside bomb went off in the Banook district, in which, six people lost their lives and 15 more sustained injuries.

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