Car bomb kills, wounds 11 people in eastern Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday, that at least 11 people had been either killed or wounded in the explosion of a car bomb near a restaurant in eastern Baghdad.
The source reported for IraqiNews.com, “A car bomb exploded, at noon today, near a restaurant in New Baghdad area, killing two people and wounding nine others, as well as causing material damage to a number of vehicles,” pointing out that, “The casualties are expected to rise due to the intensity of the bombing.”
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added, “Ambulances rushed to the area and evacuated the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while the security force imposed a security cordon on the area of the incident and barred approaching it.”