Bombings kill 10 in Iraq

Iraqi authorities say bombs targeting commercial streets and an army patrol have killed 10 people around Baghdad.

December 20, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities say bombs targeting commercial streets and an army patrol have killed 10 people around Baghdad.



Police officials say a bomb exploded on a commercial street in the town of Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of the capital, killing four people and wounding nine others.



In the northern Baghdad suburb of Taji a bomb blast near shops killed three people and wounded 11 others.



A roadside bomb struck an army patrol in the western suburbs, killing three soldiers and wounding six others, police officials said.



Medics confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. — AP



 


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