Two killed, 11 wounded as blasts rock Baghdad: Police

At least two people were killed and 11 wounded in explosions in northeastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

At least two people were killed and 11 wounded in explosions in northeastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

A policeman uses a scanning device to inspect a vehicle at the entrance to Sadr City, northeastern Baghdad in April. (Reuters file photo)

It was not immediately clear what the target was but a police source said mortar rounds or rockets hit three areas near the vast Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City.

“We have two killed and 11 wounded so far,” a police colonel said.

The blasts came as tens of thousands of Shia faithful from across Iraq and abroad converged on the Kadhimiyah shrine in Baghdad to commemorate the death of Mohammed al-Jawad, the ninth Shiite imam.