2012-10-01 08:50:37

Scores killed in Iraq bombings


(Vatican Radio) Iraqi officials say a wave of bombings struck Shi'ite neighborhoods and other targets across the country Sunday -- killing at least 32 people and wounding scores of others. At least eight cities and towns were hit. The deadliest attack occurred in Taji, where three car bombs went off killing 11 people and wounded more than 24 others. A suicide bomber in the southern city of Kut killed at least three police officers and wounded several others. And in Balad Ruz, northeast of the capital, a car bomb killed two policemen. Other areas hit with attacks included Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood, where multiple car bombs killed at least four people. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but car bombs have been routinely used by al-Qaida's local affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq. Although violence has decreased in Iraq since its peak in 2006 and 2007, attacks escalated again after the withdrawal of US troops from the country at the end of last year.

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