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Baghdad car bomb kills at least 9

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Source: CCTV.com | 10-13-2008 09:59

A car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday.

Men try to put fire out after a car bomb blast in Abu Dshir in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. A parked car bomb killed 13 people in a market in Abu Dshir Friday. At least 27 people were wounded.(AP Photo/Loay Hameed)
Men try to put fire out after a car bomb blast in
Abu Dshir in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.
(AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

The bomb exploded in a car parked on a busy commercial street in the the predominantly Shi'ite area. Police said the death toll could rise.

Violence in Iraq has dropped to a four-year low, but militants still carry out bombings and other attacks on an almost daily basis.

 

Editor:Zhang Pengfei