At least 13 killed in Baghdad bomb blasts

At least 13 people were killed and 25 wounded in Iraq today when two bombs exploded in Baghdad's upmarket Mansour neighbourhood.

At least 13 people were killed and 25 wounded in Iraq today when two bombs exploded in Baghdad's upmarket Mansour neighbourhood.

An officer at Mansour police station said two parked cars exploded near a fuel station.

The blast set fire to the station, and burned several cars in the area, he said.

The officer initially put the death toll at seven, but later said that some of the wounded died.

Mansour is a primarily Sunni neighbourhood in western Baghdad.

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