Twin car bombs kill at least 10 in Baghdad

Published February 18th, 2014 - 07:53 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Two car bombs that went off in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday morning killed at least 10 people, officials reported.

A police officer speaking to The Associated Press said that seven commuters were killed and 18 injured after a parked car rigged with explosives went off in a busy bus station in Baghdad's southwestern neighborhood of Bayaa. 

Three people were killed and 12 wounded when another car bomb was detonated in a popular commercial area in the nearby Alam neighborhood, AP reported.

A medical official from Baghdad confirmed the casualy figures, according to AP.

Tuesday's attacks come one day after at least 23 were killed when a wave of bombs struck the capital. 

Iraq is currently in the midst of a huge resurgence of sectarian violence, the worst to hit the country since 2006-2007.

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