
Scores of people have been slain in
six car bombings across Baghdad this morning. The most serious explosion was near a market in Sadr City, killing at least 10 and wounding 60 people.
A blast in central Baghdad next to a group of labourers queuing for work killed six and wounded 16. A market in Husseiniya in the north of the city was hit, four were killed in Doura, and an Interior Ministry official escaped injury when his convoy was targeted.