Car bomb kills three in Baghdad: Police

Baghdad, Sep 13: A bomb in a parked car in central Baghdad killed at least three people and wounded 10 during the morning rush-hour today, police sources said.

The blast occurred near Iraq's national sports stadium.

A total of 60 unidentified bodies had been found in various parts of Baghdad over the past 24 hours, an Interior Ministry source said.

The unusually high 24-hour tally was recorded despite a month-old security crackdown in Iraq's capital by US and Iraqi troops.

The source said most bodies were bound and shot in the head and many bore signs of torture -- trademarks of sectarian death squads and kidnap gangs plaguing the capital.

The United Nations estimated two months ago about 100 people a day were being killed in Iraq in sectarian bloodshed between the country's majority Shi'ite Muslims and minority Sunni Arabs.

Reuters