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Baghdad Downtown Restaurant Bombings Claim 11 Lives, Death Toll Rising

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Bombings have killed at least 11 in Baghdad after an unknown group targeted two restaurants as the country mounts an offensive against the Islamic State to the north of the city.

A masked person holding a knife speaks as he stands in between two kneeling men in this still image taken from an online video released by the militant Islamic State group on January 20, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW, January 25 (Sputnik) — At least 11 civilians have been killed in two restaurant bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi officials told AP.

According to Reuters, the deadliest explosion took place near a restaurant in the city center killed seven, and another attack on a smaller restaurant.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to AP.

 

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