Dozens killed, about 110 injured in Baghdad bombings
Iran Press TV
Sun Dec 8, 2013 3:27PM GMT
Dozens of people have been killed in a wave of bombings targeting mostly Shia districts of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
Nearly 110 people were also wounded in the spate of violence which hit Baghdad around noon on Sunday.
The deadliest attack took place in Baghdad's Bayaa district when a bomb in a parked vehicle went off in the vicinity of car workshops.
There were other attacks in the city's districts of Amel, Ghadir, Sadr City and Hussainiya.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but al-Qaeda-linked militants have often carried out similar acts of terror.
Earlier this month, the country's ministries of health and defense said that 948 people, including 852 civilians, 53 police officers and 43 soldiers, were killed in violent attacks across the Arab country in November.
Another 1,349 people were also injured in the attacks.
The figures make November one of the deadliest months in 2013, with civilians accounting for about 90 percent of the fatalities.
On October 23, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that Iraq is facing a "war of genocide."
"It has become clear...that Iraq is subjected to a war of genocide targeting all of its components," the Iraqi premier said.
He blamed the al-Qaeda militant group for killing thousands of people in Iraq, saying that the group is "destroying the houses of citizens and killing them, and blowing up government departments."
Data released by Iraq's ministries of Health, Interior and Defense on November 1 showed that violence in the Arab country killed 964 people and injured 1,600 others in October alone.
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