Multiple explosions rock Baghdad !

Multiple explosions rock Baghdad !

A number of buildings were destroyed by the powerful blasts in different parts of the capital [AFP] At least eight explosions have rocked the Iraqi capital, killing at least 15 people and bringing down several buildings, Iraqi security sources say. Another 75 people were wounded in the attacks targeting residential buildings in a mix of Sunni and Shia areas of Baghdad on Tuesday morning. Police said two car bombs were detonated in Bajkouk, Khadamiya district, killing at least five people. In Baghad's western Shula district, another car bomb was detonated, causing some buildings to collapse. Several people died in the explosion, Iraqi security sources said. Residential targets Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Baghdad, said those attacks took occurred in residential neighbourhoods of the capital. "[Shila] is a mostly Shia neighbourhood. It used to be a former stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the armed wing of the Sadr movement," Khodr said. Shula has been a relatively quiet neighbourhood, having not seen been the target of attacks in recent months. Police said another of the blasts was carried out by a suicide bomber, who detonated explosives on Haifa street in the central Salhiya neighbourhood, near the national museum. Khodr said it was not yet clear what the target of that attack was. "We're getting conflicting reports on the target. Some reports say it was the public works ministry, other reports say he [attacker] blew himself up outside a popular restaurant," she said. Al Jazeera has also received reports that a suicide bomber attacked a police station in southern Baghdad's al-Amel district, although it was not yet confirmed. Tuesday's co-ordinated strike follow similar attacks just two days earlier. On Sunday, three suicide car bombsnear foreign diplomatic missions killed at least 30 people and wounded hundreds more. The spate of violent attacks comes as Iraqi politicians continue negotiations to form a coalition government following last month's general elections. The Sadr bloc was expected to announce who it would back for prime minister later on Tuesday.

Source: Al Jazeera

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