Baghdad: Iraqi officials say two car bombs have exploded in Baghdad as commuters were starting their work week, killing at least 29 people and wounding 111others.
The blasts broke what has been a period of relative calm since the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and underlined the challenges facing Iraqi security officials in protecting their capital city.
Army Brig. Gen. Ali Fathal told the Associated Press 10 people were killed and another 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded in western Baghdad's affluent Mansour neighborhood.
Police and hospital sources said another car bomb exploded minutes later in Kazimiyah neighbourhood's Adan square in the northern sector of the city, killing at least 19 and wounding more than 70 others.
Two policemen were killed in the blast.
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