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Death toll of Baghdad blasts reach 57

BAGHDAD, April 23 (KUNA) -- The wave of fiery blasts that rumbled across the Iraqi capital on Friday killed up to 57 people and wounded 180 others, police said in an updated report.
A police source told KUNA the fiercest explosion in today's chain of blasts was in the suburban region of Al-Sadr city where up to 39 people lost their lives.
Security authorities said police detained a would-be bomber in Al-Amin district before he could set off the explosives strapped to his body. (pickup previous) ahh.rk KUNA 231700 Apr 10NNNN