In pictures: Iraq bloodshed
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In Iraq scores of people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks and shootings. The worst incident was a car bomb in Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya. -
A suicide bomber, in a car packed with explosives, targeted groups of labourers gathered in a busy public square. -
Many were also wounded in the incident. -
Four local hospitals struggled to cope with the scores of casualties. -
The attack was one of the deadliest in Baghdad for many weeks. -
Distraught relatives gathered at the hospitals waiting for news of loved ones. This man fainted after learning that seven members of his family had been caught up in the blast. -
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Many faced the grisly task of checking bodies to locate their friends and relatives. -
Some of the victims were torn apart by the force of the blast, to the extent that their remains were just buried at the scene. -
A massive car bomb explodes in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, followed by a number of other blasts around the city. -
Eyewitnesses say a suicide attacker drove his car up to construction workers in Oruba Square, detonating his bomb. -
More than 100 people were killed in the attack, one of the deadliest in Iraq for weeks. -
The number of wounded reached more than 160. -
Local hospitals were overwhelmed as scores of casualties began to arrive. -
Many of the injured were seriously wounded, a challenge for the hard-pressed doctors. -
Distraught relatives also gathered at the four hospitals receiving casualties seeking news of their loved ones. -
As hospitals tended to the injured, reports were coming in of other attacks in Baghdad.