Wave of Baghdad car bombs kills at least 32
Iraqis fire fighters douse the remains of a vehicle at the scene of a car bomb in the city of Nasiriyah, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on July 15, 2013.
BAGHDAD
At least 32 people were killed in a string of Iraq car bombings Saturday timed for nightfall when shoppers take to the streets during Ramadan, security sources and medics said.
They said around 100 people were wounded in 10 blasts in Baghdad: two attacks in a shopping street in the central district of Karrada, four in the south, another two in a northern area and two in the east.
Saturday's attacks came a day after a suicide bomber killed 20 people inside a crowded Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, as Iraq struggles to contain its worst violence since 2008.
Almost 490 people have been killed in violence across Iraq so far this month, according to a toll compiled by AFP from medical and security sources.
Iraq has faced years of attacks by militants, but analysts say widespread discontent among members of its Sunni minority, which the government has failed to address, has fuelled this year's surge in unrest.
Iraqi Sunnis accuse the Shiite-led government of marginalising and targeting their community, including making unwarranted arrests and terrorism charges.
