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Car bombs kill 8 people in crowded Baghdad market
11 Nov 2006 09:38:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates toll, adds details, background)

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed eight people and wounded at least 38 others when they exploded in quick succession in central Baghdad's wholesale Shorja market on Saturday, an interior ministry source said.

The rigged vehicles were detonated by remote control.

Sunni insurgents have regularly carried out large bomb attacks in the capital.


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