Baghdad: At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in three blasts different parts of Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday.
According to reports, the blast occurred in commercial Baghdad district and city’s western outskirts.
The first blast hit Baghdad’s central Bab al-Sharji district followed by two other explosions in a street nearby, in attacks highlighting the fact that violence is still troubling Iraq as the last U.S. troops prepare to withdraw at the end of the year.
A police source said the explosions killed at least seven people and wounded 29 others. Two other security sources said the blasts killed eight and wounded at least 13.
Earlier Saturday, six more people were killed and eight were wounded on the outskirts of Baghdad when a roadside bomb hit a truck carrying construction workers in Abu Ghraib to the west of the capital.
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