At least 95 dead, dozens wounded as string of bombings hit Iraq:
A series of bombings across Iraq has left at least 95 people dead. The blasts targeted Shia Muslims in Baghdad and Basra.
Ten car bombs detonated in Baghdad in Shiite neighborhoods, killing at least 48 people and injuring more than 150, authorities announced.
In neighboring Balad, 80 kilometers north of the capital, a car bomb killed 14 pilgrims on a bus, according to an anonymous local official.
Nine people were killed in one of two car bombs in Basra, a predominately Shia city, southeast of Baghdad.
"I was on duty when a powerful blast shook the ground," a local police officer told Reuters. "The blast hit a group of day laborers gathering near a sandwich kiosk," he said. One of the dead bodies was still clutching a blood-soaked sandwich in his hand."
Five other people were killed in a second blast inside a bus terminal in Saad Square, also in Basra, police and medics said.
Shiite worshipers were also targeted leaving a mosque in the city of Hillah, killing nine and wounding 26.
Monday’s violence also spread to Sunni areas of the country.
A car bomb in Samarra exploded near a gathering of Sunni militia waiting outside a military compound, killing three and wounding 13. According to officials, eight policemen have been killed near the town of Haditha, in the western province of Anbar, after gunmen ambushed two police patrols.
Another 13 bodies, including eight policemen were found in Anbar by the authorities in a desert area. The victims allegedly were kidnapped by gunmen on Friday and shot in the head.
The bombings are the latest in a series of attacks in both Sunni and Shiite regions, prompting fears that widespread sectarian violence is once more gripping the country.
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