Scores dead in Iraq bomb blasts

Scores dead in Iraq bomb blasts

At least 77 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, police say.

Two car bombs exploded near the labor and interior ministries, two more struck in central Baghdad, and one attack happened at a police patrol in Dora, in the south of the city.
The first explosion in central Baghdad was heard at 10.25 am (0725 GMT) on Tuesday, with a second blast within seconds and a third one a minute later.
Iraqiya television reported one of the blasts hit a market there.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.
An interior ministry official said 12 of those killed in Dora were students at a nearby technical college.
The remaining three victims were policemen working at the checkpoint.
Tuesday's bombings came two days after the Iraqi parliament passed a new electoral law paving the way for general elections in February.
Eight people were killed when a bomb exploded at a school in Baghdad on Monday. The dead included six children, 41 people were wounded in the attack.
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Smoke billows following an explosion in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Al-Jazeera

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