At least 14 killed as three market blasts rock Baghdad

People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomb explosion in a sprawling Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad has killed and wounded dozens of people, officials said.

Kareem Raheem

Three blasts hit markets in Shi'ite districts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad this morning, killing at least 14 people, police and medical officials said.

Two car bombs exploded in busy markets in Sadr City, north-eastern Baghdad and killed at least 11 people and wounded another 18. The third explosion targeted a small market in Kamaliya district, killing three more, police said.