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Death Toll in Baghdad Car Bomb Explosion Rises to 55 - Reports

© AFP 2023 / KARIM SAHIBAn ambulance drives in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. (File)
An ambulance drives in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. (File) - Sputnik International
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The number of people killed by Thursday's blast of a mine-studded car in the Iraqi capital rose to 55, media reported.

An aerial view of Tahrir Square in downtown Baghdad, Iraq - Sputnik International
Death Toll in Baghdad Blast Rises to 16
MOSCOW (Sputnik) —  Sixty other people sustained injures, Al Jazeera TV channel added.

The attack took place in southern Baghdad earlier in the day. Daesh terrorist group reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Iraqi capital suffered from another car bomb explosion on Tuesday, when at least four people were killed.

Baghdad was also rocked by a wave of deadly attacks in the city’s major districts in the first days of 2017, when dozens of people had been killed and wounded.

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