7 killed in car bombing at commercial district of Baghdad

Seven people have been killed in a bomb explosion at a busy commercial district in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.

Iraqi officials said three people were also injured in the incident, where an explosives-laden vehicle was blown up at a garage in Sadoun Street of central Baghdad late on Monday, Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network reported early on Tuesday.

In addition to the seven people, a civilian was killed and seven others were injured when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of Betawin.

Another civilian also died and four others were injured when an improvised explosive device was detonated near a grocery market in the Sayyidah neighborhood of southern Baghdad on Monday.