BAGHDAD — A coordinated wave of seven car bombs tore through bustling commercial streets on Saturday night in Shiite areas of Baghdad, part of a relentless wave of violence that killed at least 46 people inside and outside the capital.
The car bombs were detonated after the iftar meal that breaks the daily fast of the holy month of Ramadan, the police said. Many people head out to shop or relax in coffee shops in the cooler evenings after fasting ends.
Bombings and other attacks have killed more than 250 people since the start of Ramadan on July 10. The violence is a continuation of a surge of bloodshed that has been unsettling Iraq for months, reviving fears of a return to the widespread sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 invasion led by the United States.
Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, coordinated bombings against Shiites are a frequent tactic used by Al Qaeda's Iraq branch.
Saturday's violence began with an explosion in a busy shopping street that shook buildings in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karada. The police said the attack had killed 9 people and wounded 17, and left several shops and food stalls damaged.
It was followed by similar car bombs in the northwestern Tobchi district, killing 8 and wounding 29, and in Baya in western Baghdad, killing 3 and wounding 13, the authorities said.
Another blast struck Zafaraniya in southeastern Baghdad, killing 6 and wounding 15, officials said. Two separate car bombs exploded in the New Baghdad neighborhood in the southeast, killing 5 people and wounding 17, the authorities said.
Another car bomb exploded in a Shiite part of the religiously mixed western neighborhood of Shurta, a mainly Sunni area, killing 4 and wounding 12, the authorities said.
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