Blasts in Baghdad kill at least 64
Baku, November 3 (AZERTAC). The toll from a series of explosions across Baghdad climbed to at least 64 dead and 360 wounded Wednesday, Iraq`s health minister Saleh Mahdi told state television al-Iraqiya, according to CNN.
The blasts across the capital Tuesday included 14 car bombs, two roadside bombs and mortar attacks in at least 17 neighborhoods of the capital, most of them in Shiite neighborhoods, police said.
In an earlier report, police said there had been three roadside bombs and a sticky bomb: a device typically placed on a vehicle.
Explosions struck the Shiite neighborhoods of Kadhimiya in the northwest; Amil, Bayaa and Shulaa in the southwest; Ur and Zuhour in the northeast; Sadr City, Kamaliya and Amin in the east; and Abu Dhsir in the southern part of the city.
Other blasts struck mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods, including Waziriya, Yarmouk, Jihad and Eghraiat.
"We are aware of multiple explosions in the Baghdad area with resultant casualties," the U.S. military said in response to a query from CNN. "At this time, no request for [U.S. Forces - Iraq] support has been made but we are providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage over some of the explosion sites."
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