At least 14 persons were killed and some 30 others wounded in a car bombing attack in a crowded Baghdad suburb on Wednesday, said official sources.
The incident took place in a largely Shiite neighborhood of central Baghdad at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday when a parked car bomb went off, a local police source said.
At least 15 people and some 30 others injured, said the source, adding the explosion also caused damage to a Shiite mosque.
Gunfire and sirens followed the blast in the neighborhood, and a plume of smoke rose to the sky, according to police and hospital officials.
The blast came as the U.S. defense secretary is visiting here to press for political reconciliation.
Source: Xinhua
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