Triple Car Bombing kills 40 in Iraq

By Prensa Latina

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Baghdad : At least 40 persons died and 100 others were wounded on Wednesday in three car bomb explosions in the Iraqi city of Amara, capital of the southern province of Maysan, said police.

The vehicles were about 50 yards from one another and detonated consecutively.

Local police said an explosive-laden car parked in a garage blew up.

Shortly afterwards, a second car exploded about 50 yards away as people gathered to examine the damage from the first.

According to eyewitnesses, the third car bomb detonated near a cinema.

So far, reports on the victims are contradictory since the death toll is expected to increase due to the serious conditions of the wounded, said the sources.