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Tuesday
Apr062010

UPDATED Iraq Latest: 8 Bombings Kill at Least 35

UPDATE 1500 GMT: Iraq's Interior Ministry says there were seven explosions, killing 35 and injuring at least 140. The attacks were a mix of car and suicide bombings. All but one were in resdential areas, most of them Shi'a, destroying three apartment buildings. The other explosion was near Haifa Street in central Baghdad.

0900 GMT: A police source has told Reuters that at least 28 people are dead. Associated Press is claiming, from sources, at least 34 dead and 100 wounded.

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Four bombs this morning in Baghdad have killed at least 11 people. Iraqi security forces say two to four buildings have collapsed.


One of the attacks was a suicide bomber,who detonated explosives on Haifa Street near the National Museum in central Baghdad. Two explosions were in the Khadamiya district, killing at least five, and a car bomb in Shula in western Baghdad destroyed the buildings and left at least two dead.

The attacks follow Sunday's triple suicide bombing with a toll of 42 dead and hundreds wounded.

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