At least 22 dead in #Baghdad bombings
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A picture taken on December 5, 2013 shows damages and a burnt vehicle after the mall in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk was stormed by security forces to end an hours-long siege that has followed an attack involving a car bomb, gunmen and would-be suicide bombers. (Photo: AFP - Marwan Ibrahim)
Bombings across Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 22 people and wounded scores in busy commercial streets and a public square, Iraqi police sources said. The deadliest attack took place in the district of Bayaa when a bomb in a parked vehicle detonated near car workshops, killing seven and wounding 14, the sources said. Violence in #Iraq is at the highest level in at least five years and the capital has been targeted almost daily. More than 8,000 have been killed this (...)