Car bomb kills at least 23 people in Baghdad

At least 28 others were injured in a car bomb attack near a service station in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City.

A car bomb attack near a service station killed at least 23 people in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City on Saturday, as Sunnis began observing Ramadan, a police officer from the district said.

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At least 28 people were injured in the blast, the officer added.

The Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, which begins Sunday for Shiites, has been characterised by a spike of violence in Iraq in the past few years.