Car bomb explodes in Baghdad, killing 5 and wounding 15

A car bomb explosion on Sunday evening in a commercial Baghdad street killed five people and wounded 15 others, as a recent wave of attacks across Iraq served as a reminder of the government's failure to stem the surge of violence that is feeding sectarian tensions.

Police and hospital officials said that the car bomb exploded at night in a commercial street in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Mashtal.

Locals were on Monday assessing the damage.

Earlier on Sunday, a wave of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq killed at least 58 people in mostly Shiite-majority cities.

Iraq is experiencing its deadliest bout of violence since 2008, raising fears the country is returning to a period of widespread killing such as that which pushed it to the brink of civil war following the 2003 US-led invasion.

More than 4,000 people have been killed in attacks since the start of April, including 804 just in August, according to United Nations figures.


AP