At least 36 killed in deadly blast in Iraq

By Jaime Ortega.

At least 36 people were killed and 110 injured in a series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad , aiming mostly against popular markets, according to police sources .

According to sources, a dozen vehicles exploded inside the capital, where on Wednesday another string of attacks claimed by Al Qaeda killed more than sixty people with 200 injured.

The deadliest attack had targeted a popular market in the area of Al Talbiya , east of Baghdad , where eight people were killed and 25 were injured.

In the same area, erupted shortly after another car bomb, which caused three dead and ten wounded of varying severity.

Another of the bloodiest attacks aimed a popular market located in Al Huseiniya , northeast of Baghdad.

In this market, two cars exploded in succession , which killed eight people and wounded 28.

Five people died and 16 were injured in another market in the neighborhood of New Baghdad , southeast of the capital.

Four people were killed and eight wounded by the explosion of a vehicle also in a market area close to Rabea Al Shurtah .

The explosion of a car bomb in the Al Alam , southwest of Baghdad , caused two dead and seven injured , while two civilians were killed and six wounded in the Zafraniya , southeast of Baghdad.

Four other attacks perpetrated in the central business district of Al Karrada and southern suburbs of Baghdad, which left at least four dead and twenty wounded.

These attacks are in addition to other attacks of a wide journey across the country that killed at least nine people , including five members of one family .

And around Baghdad since last Wednesday were the scene of a bloody string of car bombings , mostly against Shia-dominated areas. The terrorist organization Al Qaeda reported that these attacks were carried out “in response to the execution of Sunni prisoners by the Iraqi government.”

Iraq is currently experiencing a surge in violence. A total of 804 Iraqis were killed last August, while from early 2013 some 5,000 civilians have been killed , according to UN figures .

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