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24 killed in Iraq truck bomb explosion

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IANS Baghdad

At least 24 people were killed and 38 others injured on Saturday when a truck bomb exploded at a suburb near this Iraqi capital.

The attack took place in the morning when a booby-trapped truck went off at a crowded livestock market in Nahrawan area in southeastern Baghdad, an interior ministry source told Xinhua news agency.

The source said the toll could increase.

--IANS

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First Published: Apr 30 2016 | 2:32 PM IST

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