Car bomb rocks restaurant area

– At least 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Baghdad on Saturday, police said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.

A police colonel said about 39 people were wounded. The bomb went off opposite a popular restaurant in the Karrada area.

Kerrada is packed with shops and restaurants and would have been busy on Saturday night – the end of the weekend in Iraq. – AFP

Baghdad