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Explosion rocks east Baghdad, multiple injuries reported

Black smoke rises at the explosion site in Baghdad's eastern Habibiya neighborhood, April 15, 2021. (Photo: Social media)
Black smoke rises at the explosion site in Baghdad's eastern Habibiya neighborhood, April 15, 2021. (Photo: Social media)
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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A car bomb hit a busy Baghdad suburb on Thursday, leaving a number of people dead and injured, Kurdistan 24 correspondent in the Iraqi capital said.

The explosion targeted a popular outdoor market in the Habibya neighborhood of Sadr City, leaving more than a dozen people killed and injured, the correspondent said.

Videos of the explosion site circulating on social media showed black smoke columns rising from the area.

Editing by Joanne Stocker-Kelly

Halgurd Sherwani ,
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