Car bombs in Baghdad kill five

Baghdad: A spate of car bombings rocked Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least five civilians and injuring nearly 10.

Police said that a bomb blast on a minibus killed at least one passenger and injured five in central Baghdad.

Two civilians were killed in another car bombing near a joint Iraqi-US patrol in western Baghdad.

Another car bomb also hit a commercial district in central Baghdad, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others.