Baghdad area car bombs kill at least 25

Iraqi security forces search a taxi cab at a mobile checkpoint in Baghdad on August 27, 2013. Car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100 on Monday. (AFP/File)

Baghdad (AFP) – Car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100 on Monday, security and medical officials said.

Nine car bombs hit seven areas of the Iraqi capital and another just to its north, the officials said.