At least three people are reported to have been killed in a rocket attack in Baghdad. The incident occured near a telephone exchange in the city.
The attack follows an attack on another telephone exchange in Baghdad yesterday.
Police at the scene of today's attack said the rocket had skidded along the ground after the initial impact, hitting a car and killing its occupants. A large crowd of Iraqis stood around the mangled remains of the car.
A series of bomb attacks on Shias in Baghdad and the holy city of Kerbala on Tuesday killed at least 171 people, making it Iraq 's bloodiest day since the fall of Saddam Hussein.