Car bombs kill 19, wound 72 in Baghdad

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iraqi officials said four car bombs have struck Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding 72, The Associated Press reported.

A police officer said the deadliest bombing was in western Jihad neighborhood when a parked car bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers. Seven people died there and 25 were wounded.

Another police officer said four worshippers were killed and nearly 20 were wounded in a bombing in eastern Qahira neighborhood. He says three people died and 15 were wounded in the eastern Zafaraniyah district and that another car bomb killed five and wounded 14 in the northeastern Binook neighborhood.

Three health officials confirmed the causality figures, speaking on condition of anonymity.