At least 16 killed in spate of Baghdad bombings

A spate of bombings in Baghdad yesterday killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more, shattering a relative calm with the capital's deadliest violence in weeks.

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BAGHDAD // A spate of bombings in Baghdad yesterday killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more, shattering a relative calm with the capital's deadliest violence in weeks.

Roadside bombs and explosives-packed cars detonated across a half-dozen neighbourhoods.

At least 56 were wounded in the attacks, an interior ministry official.