Eight killed in Baghdad bombs and rocket fire

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Eight killed in Baghdad bombs and rocket fire

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Fri 27 Feb 2015, 7:19 PM

Last updated: Thu 25 Jun 2015, 9:59 PM

Baghdad - At least eight people were killed by bombs and rocket fire in Baghdad on Friday, police and medical sources said.

They said a bomb exploded in Al Saydiya, in southern Baghdad, killing three civilians while two Katyusha rockets hit the nearby neighbourhood of Al Shurta, killing two people.

Three more people were killed when another bomb exploded in Saba Al Bour neighbourhood in the north of the capital.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, which came as Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi’s government battles Daesh fighters who control large swathes of northern and western Iraq, and have sent bombers into the capital. On Tuesday, a string of deadly attacks killed at least 37 people.

Police also discovered the bodies on Friday of six unidentified young men in Baghdad’s northern Al Husseiniya district. The men, who had been shot dead, were blindfolded and their hands were tied behind their backs.


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