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Car bombs kill at least 16 in Iraqi capital

Six car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 16 people and pushing the October death toll for Iraqi violence past 600, officials said. The blasts, which hit five different areas of the Iraqi capital, also wounded more than 50 people, security and medical officials said. In the deadliest attack, […]

Agence France-Presse reports:

Six car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 16 people and pushing the October death toll for Iraqi violence past 600, officials said.

The blasts, which hit five different areas of the Iraqi capital, also wounded more than 50 people, security and medical officials said.

In the deadliest attack, two car bombs exploded in a commercial area in the north Baghdad neighbourhood of Shaab, killing at least five people and wounding at least 17.