Baghdad, Iraq: Car bombs exploded Thursday on two busy streets of a Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people and wounding 47, police and medical sources said.
The blasts went off at around 6:30 pm (1530 GMT) near markets in two different parts of the sprawling northern district of Sadr City that are usually bustling with people on Thursday evenings.
At least nine people were killed and 25 wounded in one blast, while at least six died and 22 were hurt in the other, a police colonel and a hospital source said.
The capital is rocked by several blasts a week, including suicide bombings, most of which have lately been claimed by the Islamic State group.
The blasts went off at around 6:30 pm (1530 GMT) near markets in two different parts of the sprawling northern district of Sadr City that are usually bustling with people on Thursday evenings.
At least nine people were killed and 25 wounded in one blast, while at least six died and 22 were hurt in the other, a police colonel and a hospital source said.
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