Ten car bombs kill 39 in Iraqi capital

A man walks past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing nearly 40 people in markets and garages on the evening of a Shi'ite Muslim celebration, police and medical sources said.

Some of the attacks targeted districts where Shi'ites were commemorating the anniversary of the birth of a revered Imam, but there also were explosions in mixed neighbourhoods and districts with a high population of Sunnis.