Car bomb targets Baghdad bus stop

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Source: BBC

A car bomb has exploded in northern Baghdad killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens of others.

The explosion hit a bus stop in the mainly Shia Muslim neighbourhood of Hurriya, Iraqi police said.

The bomb appeared to have been timed to go off during the early evening rush hour, when the bus stop was crowded with waiting passengers.

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Car bomb in Baghdad kills 11 - police
17 Jun 2008 15:44:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
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BAGHDAD, June 17 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded 42 at a crowded bus stop in a predominantly Shi'ite neighbourhood in northwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said.

"The car bomb targeted a gathering of civilians at the bus stop in al-Hurriya neighbourhood. It killed 11 people," a police source who declined to be named said.

Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in four years, but sporadic shootings, bombings and rocket attacks have continued.

Eighteen people were killed in an explosion in Baghdad on June 4. Iraqi police said it was caused by a truck bomb but the U.S. military blamed it on a misfiring militia rocket.