NNA - Eight car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province on Sunday, killing at least 26 people and pushing the October death toll from Iraq violence past 600, officials said, according to AFP.


The wave of blasts, which hit seven different areas in and around the Iraqi capital, also wounded more than 70 people, the security and medical officials said.


One of the worst-hit neighborhoods was Shaab in north Baghdad, where two car bombs exploded in a commercial area, killing at least five people and wounding at least 17.


Blasts also struck the areas of Bayaa, Baladiyat, Mashtal, Hurriyah and Dura in Baghdad, and Saba al-Bur near the capital.



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