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Bombings, shooting leave 8 dead, 28 wounded in, around Baghdad

22 April 2016 04:19 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least eight people have been killed and more than two dozen others injured in a series of bomb explosions and a shooting attack at residential neighborhoods in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, APA reports quoting Press TV.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two people lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device went off close to a popular café in the town of Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on Thursday, Arabic-language al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.

Unidentified armed men also fatally shot a civilian in the Nabuk neighborhood of eastern Baghdad.

Elsewhere in the capital’s southeastern neighborhood of Nahrawan, two civilians were killed and seven others injured when a bomb blast ripped through a commercial district.

A civilian also died and eight others were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near an outdoor market in the al-Bakriyah neighborhood of western Baghdad.

Additionally, two fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units lost their lives and five others suffered injuries when a roadside bomb exploded in the city of Latifiyah, situated about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad.