Car bombs kill 5 south of Baghdad

Two devices explode at livestock market

Author: By CNN Staff
Published On: Mar 01 2013 05:17:56 PM EST   Updated On: Mar 02 2013 03:45:31 AM EST
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Five people were killed and 34 were wounded when two car bombs exploded Friday at a livestock market in Diwaniya, about 140 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, police and health officials said.

Diwaniya is a predominantly Shiite city.

On Thursday, a car bomb exploded at a livestock market in al-Aziziya, about 80 kilometers north of Kut, killing two people and wounding 19 others.

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