A car bomb detonated in a commercial area in downtown Baghdad on Monday, killing two people and wounding two others, an Interior Ministry source said.
"A booby-trapped car parked near a cinema in a thoroughfare in Baghdad's neighborhood of Alawi al-Hilla went off before noon, killing two people and wounding to others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The blast also damaged several nearby shops and civilian cars, the source added.
U.S. and Iraqi forces cordoned off the area, preventing people from approaching the scene, he said.
"I was working in my shop when an Opel modern car parking a few meters of my shop detonated and caused the roof of my shop collapsed," Imad Rashid, a shop owner told Xinhua.
"Thanks God, I'm lucky to be safe, I don't know what those criminals want, there was no any reason for such attacks," Rashid said.
The U.S. troops apparently found a roadside bomb on the other side of the street, he added.
Violence persists in Iraq as sectarian killings, suicide attacks, bombings and abductions claim dozens of Iraqi lives daily.
Source: Xinhua
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