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Car bombs in Baghdad, Iraqi town kill 21 people

Baghdad: Car bombs hit several mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad and a town south of the Iraqi capital today, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, officials said, the latest bout of violence ahead



In all, five people were killed and 17 were wounded, police said.

Earlier in the day, a car bomb in Baghdad's central Nidhal Street killed four people and wounded 11, while three people died and nine were wounded in a car bombing in the northern Kazimiyah district.

Car bombs also exploded in the areas of Shaab, Shammaiya, Karrada and Maamil, killing a total of seven people and wounding 30, police officials added.

Medical officials confirmed the causality figures.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.

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