Car bombs kill 13 in Iraq

A series of car bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, two of them targeting Iranian pilgrims, killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 80 others, police sources said. Militants blew up a car bomb in front of a house used by Iranians as a rest stop in the Kadhamiya district of Baghdad, as well as explosives planted in an adjacent house. The explosions killed five people, wounded 18 and severely damaged the two houses, the source said. In Baghdad's northern Shula district, a car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranians, killing two people and wounding 28, the source said. A police source said seven were killed and 45 wounded in total in the two incidents. A third car bomb blast struck a market in Baghdad's southwestern Bayaa district, killing six people and wounding 41 others.

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