Authorities say series of bombings around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, kill at least 12 people
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Officials in Iraq say a series of bombings around the capital, Baghdad, have killed at least 12 people.
Police say the deadliest in Wednesday's bombings took place in Baghdad's northern Shula neighborhood, where a parked car bomb exploded in an outdoor market, killing five shoppers and wounding 12. Police say another car bomb in a commercial area in the central Karrada area killed four civilians and wounded 14.
Police say three civilians were killed and eight were wounded by a bomb in another market in the eastern Maamil area.
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Medical officials confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Iraq remains gripped by violence as al-Qaida-linked militants took control of two cities in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.