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At least 15 killed in Baghdad blasts

By | AFP
Iraqi men gather at the scene of a car bomb that exploded in Baghdad's Habibiyah area on May 27, 2013. A series of bombings minutes apart targeting markets across Baghdad have killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others, security and medical officials said.

Iraqi men gather at the scene of a car bomb that exploded in Baghdad's Habibiyah area on May 27, 2013. A series of bombings minutes apart targeting markets across Baghdad have killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others, security and medical officials said. (AFP/File)

BAGHDAD (AFP) – A series of bombings minutes apart targeting markets across Baghdad killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens of others on Tuesday, security and medical officials said.

The blasts, all car bombs in both Sunni and Shiite areas of the capital, struck at around 6:00 pm (1500 GMT), according to an interior ministry official and medical sources.