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Baghdad bus station blasts kill 6 -police

BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) Three explosions, at least two of them car bombs, killed at least six people and wounded 30 at a bus station in mainly Shi'ite east Baghdad today, police and Interior Ministry sources said.

One Interior Ministry source said the coordinated attack on the Mashtel bus garage, near the New Baghdad district, involved three car bombs.

Another source in the ministry and one at police headquarters said the nature of the third device was unclear.

One source said 35 people were wounded and the death toll could rise.

REUTERS MQA BD1624

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