Twin Car Bombings Kill 16 in Baghdad

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Source: VOA

Iraqi police said at least 16 people were killed in two near-simultaneous bombings at a bus station in the capital, as Shi'ite pilgrims make their way toward a holy city south of Baghdad.

Authorities said the car bomb blasts occurred in southwestern Baghdad's predominantly Shi'ite Bayaa neighborhood on Wednesday. The explosives had been planted inside parked cars.

Earlier, authorities said a roadside bomb killed one Shi'ite Muslim pilgrim and wounded at least five others in the capital.

The pilgrims are heading toward the city of Karbala, about 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, for the annual Shi'ite religious ceremony called Arbaeen.


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