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Bomb in Baghdad suburb kills at least 13

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 40 others on Saturday in an attack near a group of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, police sources said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast at a market in the Nahrawan district but Islamic State regularly attacks civilians in and around the Iraqi capital.

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