Three killed, 19 wounded in two bombings in Iraq

BAGHDAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and 19 others wounded in two bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and the holy Shiite shrine city of Karbala on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
In Baghdad, two people were killed and ten wounded when two roadside bombs went off in a quick succession in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Hussieniyah in the northeastern part of the capital, the source said on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb detonated in the area between the major shrines of Imam al-Abbas and Imam al-Hussien in the city of Karbala, some 110 km south of Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding nine others, the source said.

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but al-Qaida front in Iraq frequently claimed the responsibility for most deadly attacks in the country.

Violence and sporadic high-profile bomb attacks are still common in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decrease in violence since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.

from XINHUA
2013-03-03 19:16:04

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