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Car bombs strike Baghdad market Bomb attacks strike Iraqi capital
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At least 24 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police said. At least 35 people have been killed in a series of bomb and suicide attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.
At least two car bombs and a mortar in quick succession killed 18 people and injured dozens more at a busy market in a southern mainly Shia district. At least 18 people were killed when two car bombs exploded in a busy market in a mainly Shia district of the city.
Hours later a suicide bomber blew himself up in a minibus in northern Baghdad killing at least six people. Eleven more died when a minibus blew up in the Karrada district, while a suicide attack on a bus in the city's northwest left at least six dead.
Meanwhile two UK helicopters crashed after an apparent mid-air collision north of Baghdad, killing two crew.Meanwhile two UK helicopters crashed after an apparent mid-air collision north of Baghdad, killing two crew.
The helicopters came down in the early morning near a US base south-west of Taji. Early reports said the helicopters and troops were American. The helicopters came down in the early morning near a US base south-west of Taji. Early reports had said the helicopters and troops were American.
Rescue chaos Rescuers hit
In Baghdad, the first attacks took place in the south-western Al-Shurta al-Arabaa district. In Baghdad, the bloodiest attacks took place in the south-western Al-Shurta al-Arabaa district, in a busy shopping area.
About 50 people were injured in the attacks. Women and children were among the casualties. Two car bombs exploded minutes apart, the second one detonating as rescuers were evacuating victims of the first blast.
The second bomb and mortar hit as rescuers were trying to cope with the aftermath of the first and get people to hospital. About 50 people were injured in the attacks. Women and children were said to be among the casualties.
There were also unconfirmed reports of a third bomb in the area. In Karrada, a minibus packed with explosives blew up in a street of shops selling electronics, officials said.
The attacks came a day after a suicide attack on a crowded market in the Shia holy city of Karbala, which is now known to have killed 42 people, and a truck bomb attack on a bridge in southern Baghdad. One shop owner said he saw a man park the bus and leave it.
Car and suicide bombs have occurred almost daily in Baghdad in recent months, despite a US-led security crackdown which began in February. "Five minutes later, the bus blew up - damaging the surrounded area and burning more than eight civilian cars that were passing by," the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying.
The security surge does, however, appear to have reduced sectarian killings in the city. The third attack took place in north-west Baghdad, where a suicide bomber blew himself up on a minibus, officials said.
The violence followed a suicide attack on Saturday on a crowded market in the Shia holy city of Karbala, which left 42 people dead and dozens more injured.
Car and suicide bombings have occurred almost daily in Baghdad in recent months, despite a US-led security crackdown which began in February.
The security surge does, however, appear to have reduced sectarian killings in the city, analysts say.