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At least 33 killed in series of Baghdad bombings: police

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

(Reuters) – At least 33 Iraqis were killed and scores wounded on Thursday as a wave of bomb attacks hit the capital Baghdad, police sources said.

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

The bombs targeted markets and commercial streets. The government put the death toll far lower, saying only three people were killed and 44 wounded in the violence.

(Reporting by Kareem Raheem, Writing by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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