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Bomb attacks in Baghdad and southern Iraq city kill 49
Source: Reuters
Bomb attacks in Baghdad and southern Iraq city kill 49
BY ALI AL-RUBAIE
HILLA, Iraq Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:41am EST
(Reuters) - Bombs exploded in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern city of Hilla on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, police and hospital sources said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Shi'ites are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground in Iraq over the past year and overran several towns in recent weeks.
The deadliest attacks on Tuesday occurred in and around the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, where 35 people were killed in seven car bomb explosions inside the city itself and the nearby towns of Haswa, Mahaweel and Mussayab.
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BY ALI AL-RUBAIE
HILLA, Iraq Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:41am EST
(Reuters) - Bombs exploded in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern city of Hilla on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, police and hospital sources said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Shi'ites are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground in Iraq over the past year and overran several towns in recent weeks.
The deadliest attacks on Tuesday occurred in and around the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, where 35 people were killed in seven car bomb explosions inside the city itself and the nearby towns of Haswa, Mahaweel and Mussayab.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/us-iraq-violence-toll-idUSBREA1H0QC20140218