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Car bomb in eastern Baghdad kills 12, wounds dozens - police and medics

A car bomb blast killed at least 12 people and wounded 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said.
By Reuters

A car bomb blast killed at least 12 people and wounded 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said.


The explosion hit the mainly Shi'ite district of Jamila, the sources said.


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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing.


A series of attacks in the Iraqi capital and other cities in just over a week has killed dozens of people.


Several have been claimed by Islamic State, which is coming under increasing pressure from a U.S.-backed offensive in Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq.

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