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Car bomb strikes southern Baghdad district
At least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a car bomb in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:04 October 12, 2008
Baghdad: At least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a car bomb in southern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
The bomb blast occurred on a busy commercial street in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa area, police said, adding the death toll could rise.
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