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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.

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  • Published: 14:30 September 15, 2008
  • Gulf News

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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