At least four people were killed and more than 30 others wounded, including five children, in a car bombing and another blast on Wednesday in a northern Baghdad district, hospital and police sources said.
The blasts struck the mainly Sunni Muslim area of Adhamiyah killing at least four and wounding about 34, said Doctor Abdullah Saheb at Al-Numan hospital.
Women were seen screaming and wailing at the hospital as ambulances ferried the wounded to the emergency department.
Lieutenant Mohammed Abdelaziz of Iraqi police said there were at least five children among the injured.
“At about noon [local time], an explosion went off as a United States convoy passed through Omar Abdul Aziz Road in Adhamiyah. It was untouched and continued on its way, but a woman was wounded,” he said.
“As residents gathered to look at the red Chevrolet that exploded, a second blast went off killing and wounding passers-by,” said the lieutenant.
Blood stains and debris covered the scene of the blasts. — Sapa-AFP
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