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| Bombing rocks Baghdad bus station | |
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| At least 16 people have been killed in two simultaneous explosions at a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medical sources have said. | |
| At least 40 people were wounded in the blasts, caused by a two bombs near the terminal in the Bayaa neighbourhood in the south west of the city. | |
| The area is a predominantly Shia Muslim inhabited part of the city. | The area is a predominantly Shia Muslim inhabited part of the city. |
| At least two other blasts have been reported on the day in which Shia Muslims mark the Arbain festival. | At least two other blasts have been reported on the day in which Shia Muslims mark the Arbain festival. |
| A roadside bomb in Waziriya in the north of Baghdad killed one pilgrim and wounded six others as they walked toward the southern holy city of Kerbala, police were quoted by the Reuters news agency. | |
| The bomb also injured another six civilians in a minibus. | |
| Another roadside bomb hit Shia pilgrims in the south of the city, killing one and wounding five, police said. |