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| Iraq car bombings: Isis claims responsibility after two blasts kill at least 18 people in city of Samawa | |
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| At least 18 people have been killed and up to 40 others wounded in a double car bomb attack claimed by Isis in Iraq, officials say. | At least 18 people have been killed and up to 40 others wounded in a double car bomb attack claimed by Isis in Iraq, officials say. |
| The first explosives-laden car went off near government offices in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa, while the second exploded minutes later at an open-air bus station about 60 metres away. | |
| The official said up to 40 people were wounded in both explosions, and he expected the death toll to rise. | The official said up to 40 people were wounded in both explosions, and he expected the death toll to rise. |
| Unverified online photographs showed a large plume of smoke rising above the buildings, as well as burnt out cars and bodies on the ground at the site of one of the blasts, including several children. | Unverified online photographs showed a large plume of smoke rising above the buildings, as well as burnt out cars and bodies on the ground at the site of one of the blasts, including several children. |
| Police and firefighters carried victims on stretchers and in their arms. | Police and firefighters carried victims on stretchers and in their arms. |
| Isis primarily holds positions in Sunni areas of the country's north and west, far from the mainly Shia southern provincies were Samawa is located. Such attacks are relatively rare. | |
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