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Baghdad car bombings kill at least 12 people
Two bomb-laden cars exploded in a busy Baghdad district on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 34 others, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:30 September 15, 2008
Baghdad: Two bomb-laden cars exploded in a busy Baghdad district on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 34 others, police said.
One of the car bombs went off at a restaurant near the Karrada courthouse and the other near a passport office, police said.
A hospital official said that five women were among the injured.
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