Iraqi officials: Car bomb in eastern Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad kills at least 7
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials say a car bomb explosion in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has killed at least seven people and wounded 14.
A police officer says the car bomb went off on Monday morning in the city's eastern Sadr City neighborhood. The explosion tore through a small vegetable market and its parking lot.
A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Iraqi militants often target crowded places such as markets, cafes and mosques, seeking to inflict huge casualties.
On Sunday, a wave of attacks in different parts of Iraq — including two suicide bombings in the country's relatively peaceful northern Kurdish region — killed 46 people.
More than 4,500 people have been killed since April.