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At least 14 killed in Iraq blast Many killed in Baghdad cafe blast
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At least 14 people have been killed and 16 injured in an explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say. At least 17 people have been killed and 20 injured in an explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security and medical sources say.
The blast occurred in a Shia neighbourhood in the north of the city.The blast occurred in a Shia neighbourhood in the north of the city.
It was not immediately clear whether the explosions were caused by a mortar attack or a suicide bomber. It was not immediately clear whether the explosion was caused by a mortar attack or a suicide bomber.
The attack is the first since a death sentence was passed on Saddam Hussein on Sunday and a curfew in the capital, which was lifted earlier on Tuesday. The attack is the worst since a death sentence was passed on Saddam Hussein on Sunday and a curfew in the capital, which was lifted earlier on Tuesday.
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail following an assassination attempt on him in 1982.
Unnamed security sources said a suicide bomber entered the coffee shop in Greyaat neighbourhood and blew himself in the middle of the crowd.
The Associated Press news agency quoted police as saying the blast was caused by two mortar bombs.
Earlier, five people were killed and 26 injured in a mortar attack in the nearby Adhamiya district, which is a predominantly Sunni district.