Bombings across Iraq kill at least 21 people - police
- September 15, 2013, 3:53 pm
- World News
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BAGHDAD, Sept 15 (APP/Reuters) - Car and roadside bombs in
Baghdad and predominantly Shi'ite provinces of Iraq killed at
least 21 people on Sunday, police sources said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility of Sunday's the
attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Islamist
insurgents, including an al Qaeda affiliate, have been regaining
momentum in recent months.
More than two years of civil war in neighbouring Syria have
aggravated deep-rooted sectarian divisions in Iraq, fraying an
uneasy government coalition of Shi'ite, Sunni and ethnic Kurdish
factions.
The deadliest attacks were in the city of Hilla, where two
parked car bombs exploded simultaneously near a busy market and
a third blew up near a vehicle repair workshop killing nine
people in total, police said.
