BAGHDAD: A series of bomb attacks Sunday in Iraq, most of them in the capital Baghdad which has been rocked by violence in the past week, killed 15 people and wounded at least 38, witnesses and officials said. In the deadliest attack a small truck parked near the passport office on Magreb street in the north of Baghdad killed 12 people and wounded 23, defence and interior ministry sources said.
Several people suffered burns as flames from the powerful blast swept skywards, damaging buildings, they said.Bloodstains were still visible on the busy commercial street as dozens of Iraqi soldiers set about clearing debris as far as 100 metres (yards) from the seat of the blast, a foreign media photographer saw who was prevented by soldiers from taking pictures. A US army captain whose platoon was offering support for the Iraqi police said the attack bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda. "It was a safe and stable neighbourhood," he said, adding that typically Al-Qaeda sought to destabilise areas believed to be secure.
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