Rush hour bombs targeting Shi'ites kill 24 in Baghdad


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 May 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombs exploded across Baghdad at rush hour on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the deadliest attacks since last month's election, from which votes are still being counted.

The apparently coordinated blasts targeted mainly Shi'ite districts of the capital.

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