Baghdad area bombings kill at least eight: officials

Baghdad area bombings kill at least eight: officials Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2016 - Bombings targeting security forces in the Baghdad area killed at least eight people and wounded more than 30 on Saturday, security and medical officials said. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a checkpoint on the northeastern edge of the city, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 24. Another car bomb exploded near an army patrol in the Dura area of ... more

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