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At least nine dead in Iraq car bomb explosion
At least nine Iraqi civilians were killed and 26 wounded when a car bomb aimed at a US patrol went off on Thursday, police officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:22 May 1, 2008
Baghdad: At least nine Iraqi civilians were killed and 26 wounded when a car bomb aimed at a US patrol went off on Thursday, police officials said.
The explosion occurred just after 9am in a busy commercial area in eastern Baghdad.
Three women and child were among the civilians killed.
Seventeen militants were also killed by US troops killed 17 militants as violence escalated in Sadr city. One US soldier was also killed bringing the military death toll to 50.
Further clashes in Sadr City also left eight people, including two women and a child, dead and wounded 18 others, including women and children.
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