Deadly blasts rock Baghdad’s Shia areas – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.
At least 16 people have been killed in two car bombs that went off in the Sadr district of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials said.
The blasts happened at around 6:30pm (15:30 GMT) on Thursday in two different parts of the district.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said: “One of the car bombs hit Sadr district’s small street with small cafes there that were packed with people having dinner. The other one was at a crowded outdoor market.”
Later on, a roadside bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad’s Shia northern neighbourhood of Shaab, killing three people and wounding 12 others, the AP news agency reported.
Medical officials confirmed the casualties.
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