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Bomb shakes Baghdad's Sadr City Bomb shakes Baghdad's Sadr City
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A bomb has killed at least 11 people and wounded at least 19 in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others wounded by a bomb attack in the Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police have said.
Police said the bomb exploded at a square in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, where minibuses gather to pick up and drop off passengers. Police said the explosion took place in al-Hamza Square, at a place where minibuses gather to pick up passengers.
Reporters at the scene said five buses were on fire and that the street was littered with broken glass. The square is also the location of the Sadr City office of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) and is close to a stronghold of the rival Mehdi Army.
Last week, the Mehdi Army was stood down for six months by Moqtada Sadr.
The BBC's Hugh Sykes says the attack may have been an attempt to provoke the radical Shia cleric's followers into retaliation or, more deviously, a scheme by another group to create the impression that the Mehdi Army had broken its ceasefire.
Reporters at the scene said five buses were on fire and that the street was littered with broken glass. There were also pools of blood in the gutter.
The injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment, and some were in critical condition, police said.The injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment, and some were in critical condition, police said.