25 January 2017•Update: 25 January 2017
BAGHDAD
Two people were killed and another six injured when a car-bomb shook central Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a local security source.
"A bomb-laden vehicle -- parked on the side of the road in the capital’s Al-Rusafi district -- was detonated on Wednesday afternoon, killing two and injuring six," Baghdad Police Captain Zahir al-Khafaji told Anadolu Agency.
Police brought the dead and injured to nearby hospitals in the wake of the blast, the police officer said.
In recent weeks and months, devastating bombings -- often featuring explosive-packed vehicles -- have become an almost daily occurrence in Iraq’s violence-prone capital.
The Iraqi authorities typically blame such attacks, which frequently target civilian areas, on the embattled Daesh terrorist group.
Reporting by Amer al-Hassaani; Writing by Mahmoud Barakat
