At least 18 killed in Baghdad car bombings

Bomb attacks targeting Iraqi police patrols in Baghdad killed at least 18 and wounded 57 this morning.

Bomb attacks targeting Iraqi police patrols in Baghdad killed at least 18 and wounded 57 this morning.

A suicide car bomb attack on a police patrol in central Baghdad killed 10 people, including four policemen and wounded 18 people, including six policemen.

Another suicide car bomb exploded near an underpass in the centre of the city, killing two civilians and two police officers, and wounding 13 people.

Earlier, a bomb under a parked car in northern Baghdad exploded as a police patrol passed by, killing three civilians and wounding another 20.

In western Baghdad, a roadside bomb in near Yarmouk hospital wounded four people, including a policeman.

Elsewhere, in the wealthy district of Mansour, a roadside bomb explosion killed a man as he accompanied his daughter to take an academic exam, police said. His daughter and another person were injured.

AP

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