Car bomb in Iraq's Baquba kills 5, wounds 17

A car bomb exploded in a market in Baquba northeast of Baghdad on Monday, killing five people and wounding 17.

A car bomb exploded in a market in Baquba northeast of Baghdad on Monday, killing five people and wounding 17, police said.

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Police added most of the casualties were children.

The religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, has been the scene of several sectarian attacks since a bomb destroyed a Shi'ite shrine on February 22 in Samarra, sparking violence across Iraq.