Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 25, Wounds 115: Police

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Source: Reuters

Baghdad car bomb kills 25, wounds 115: police
By Paul Tait
Thu Jul 26, 1:18 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A parked car bomb killed 25 people and wounded 115 when it exploded near an intersection in central Baghdad on Thursday and police said the toll was likely to rise as many bodies were still buried under rubble. Bodies lay strewn around the street after the blast, which smashed three buildings into piles of masonry and concrete. It was at least the fourth to hit the predominantly Shi'ite district of Karrada this week.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have stepped up security operations in Baghdad since mid-February in an attempt to stem bombings, many of them blamed on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda, as well as sectarian killings between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs.

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Karrada, normally one of Baghdad's most stable areas, was hit by three separate blasts on Monday which killed 13 people.

Earlier on Thursday, a parked car bomb killed seven people and wounded 45 near a popular kebab restaurant and shops in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

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