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Attacks around Iraqi capital kill 5 people

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AP Baghdad
Last Updated : Mar 11 2014 | 11:37 PM IST
Officials in Iraq say bombings and a shooting around the country's capital, Baghdad have killed at least five people.
Police officials say an adhesive "sticky bomb" attached to a minibus exploded in the Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, killing two passengers and wounding five others.
Shortly after sunset, police said another bomb in a commercial street in Baghdad's western district of Shurta killed two people and wounded eight others. Also, in western Baghdad, an employee in the capital's municipality was killed by gunmen in a drive-by shooting.
Medical officials confirmed today's casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorised to release the information to journalists.

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First Published: Mar 11 2014 | 11:37 PM IST

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