The death toll rose to 40 in three coordinated car bombings in a commercial area in central Baghdad on Saturday afternoon, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

A total of 86 people were also injured when three parked car exploded at around 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in a commercial area in the mixed neighborhood of Sadriyah, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Earlier, the source said that five people were killed and 25 others wounded.

The bombings apparently targeted civilians, the source said, adding that one of the car bombs struck an Iraqi army Humvee.

Source: Xinhua