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Baghdad blasts kill four, injure 17

BAGHDAD, Aug 15 (KUNA) -- Four Iraqi civilians were killed and at least 17 people were injured in a series of explosions in Baghdad on Sunday.
Iraqi police sources told KUNA, that the first explosion was a sticky bomb attached to a minibus. It went off near the ministry of transportation in eastern Baghdad, killing three passengers and injuring 11 others, police said.
Three more bombs exploded at a commercial district in central Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding three others, police said. The improvised explosive devices exploded within a few minutes in three different locations.
In another attack, three officers were injured when a roadside bomb hit an Iraqi police patrol in eastern Baghdad. (end) mhg.asa KUNA 151216 Aug 10NNNN