Car bomb kills eight near restaurant in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (Reuters) A car bomb killed eight people and wounded 10 today in Talbiya, a Baghdad district near the Shi'ite militia stronghold of Sadr City, police said.

Police said a parked car exploded near a restaurant on a busy commercial street. All the casualties were civilians.

Baghdad is the epicentre of sectarian violence that is killing an average of at least 100 people a day, according to UN estimates.

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