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Five killed in Baghdad blasts
Added At: 2012-04-26 11:27 PM
Last Updated At: 2012-04-26 11:27 PM
REUTERS
BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad today, killing five civilians and wounding 27 people, police and hospital sources said.
The roadside explosion occurred in the Sadr city area and targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint.
The car bomb exploded in the Hurriya district and appeared to be aimed at a passing police patrol.
Six members of the security forces were among the wounded, police sources said.
Heightened tension between Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds in the coalition government since US troops withdrew in December has raised fears of a return to sectarian violence of the kind that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war a few years ago.
The country is less violent than at the height of that conflict in 2006-07, but bombings and killings still happen daily, often aimed at Shi’ite areas and local security forces.
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