Multiple bombings claim 7 lives in Iraq
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Iraqi men look at the damage near the al-Jawaher Mall in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on January 12, 2016, a day after a bomb attack in the area.©AFP
At least seven people have lost their lives and nearly three dozen others sustained injuries in a spate of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a civilian was killed and four others were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Sheikh Omar neighborhood of central Baghdad on Saturday, the al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.
Two civilians also died and nine others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off near an outdoor market in the town of Abu Ghraib, located some 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Baghdad.
Security forces immediately cordoned off the site of the attack, and ambulance workers ferried the wounded to a nearby hospital.
Additionally, one civilian lost his life and seven others suffered injuries when a bomb attack struck a commercial district in the city of Bismayah, situated about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) southeast of Baghdad.
Also on Saturday, a bomb exploded near a popular café in the al-Eskan neighborhood of western Baghdad, leaving two persons killed and six others injured.
Elsewhere in the capital’s northern neighborhood of Sha’ab, a civilian was killed and eight others injured in a bomb explosion in the vicinity of a commercial district.
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