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Car bombing kills 2 in Iraqi capital

Iraqi authorities typically blame such attacks on Daesh terrorist group

Mohamed Sabry Emam Muhammed  | 24.01.2017 - Update : 24.01.2017
Car bombing kills 2 in Iraqi capital File Photo

Iraq

By Amer al-Hasani

BAGHDAD

At least two people were killed in a car bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a local police officer.

A car-bomb exploded inside a car shop in central Baghdad, captain Nazhan al-Khodar told Anadolu Agency.

“The bombing killed two people and injured nine others,” he said.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

In recent months, devastating bombings -- frequently featuring explosive-packed vehicles -- have become an almost daily occurrence in Iraq’s violence-prone capital.

The Iraqi authorities typically blame such attacks, which often target civilian areas, on the Daesh terrorist group, which is facing a major offensive by the Iraqi army to oust it from the northern city of Mosul.

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