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1st LD: At least 2 killed in car bomb attack in Iraq's Baghdad

Xinhua, April 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least two people were killed and some 10 others injured on Monday in a car bomb explosion at a marketplace in eastern the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

The attack occurred in the afternoon when a booby-trapped car parking at a marketplace near al-Baiydhaa cinema building in Baghdad al-Jadida district in the eastern part of the capital, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The toll could rise as the killed and wounded people were evacuated by ambulances and civilian cars to different hospitals and medical centers in the city, the source said.

Iraq is currently witnessing a wave of violence since the Islamic State group took control of parts of Iraq's northern and western regions in June 2014.

Earlier, a report by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) estimated that 1,119 Iraqis were killed and 1,561 others wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in March across Iraq. Endit