Bombings and armed robbery in Baghdad kill 23
A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad today killed at least 20 people and injured 58, while armed robbers shot dead three people during a raid on a bank, police said.
Two roadside bombs exploded in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad within minutes of each other, killing 10 civilians and injuring 50, said police Lt. Mohammed Kheyoun. He gave no other details.
Three more bombs exploded earlier near the Interior Ministry building in the centre of the city, killing 10 people and injuring eight, police Lt. Bilal Ali Majid said. The injured included four civilians and four policemen, he said.
Both Shurja market and the interior ministry in Al-Nahda building are in central Baghdad, which has been the focus of growing sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis that many fear could force the country into civil war.
Also today, gunmen in two cars stormed a bank in Azamiyah district of Baghdad and killed three people – two guards and one civilian.
The gunmen drove away with an unknown amount of money, said police Sergeant Zakariya Hassan. Two civilians were also injured in the firing, he said.
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