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Bomb hits Baghdad market
At least 18 people are killed and 35 wounded in the blast in Sadr City.
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2007 18:26 GMT

The attack was the second on a Baghdad
market in 24 hours [AFP]

At least 18 people have been killed by a car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City, medical officials and police have said.

The explosives-laden car also wounded 35 other people when it blew up in a market of the al-Shaab neighbourhood in the predominantly Shia area.
A doctor at the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City said the casualties included women and children.

The parked car exploded just before nightfall on Tuesday as the market was packed with shoppers.
The bombing was the second to target markets in the capital in 24 hours.

An explosion at the al-Nidawi market in northeast Baghdad on Monday killed 11 people and wounded more than 33, security and defence officials said.

Earlier, in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, two bystanders died in a car bomb  apparently aimed at killing a local police commander.

Adil Zenaid Abideen, a police colonel, said: "Those killed included a woman and among the wounded are three children and five policemen. The police chief escaped the attack."
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