Two car bomb blasts in Baghdad today killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20, police and medical sources said.
The explosions rocked the Iraqi capital's frequently targeted Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City and a street in the central Karrada district, a police colonel said.
He said at least three people were killed in Sadr City and four in Karrada. A hospital source confirmed the casualty figures.
Bomb attacks, including suicide car bombs, have intensified in Baghdad in recent days.
The Islamic State jihadist group which controls parts of the country has claimed responsibility for some of them, raising fears of a bloodbath during the upcoming Ashura religious Shiite ritual.
