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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say at least 19 people are dead after a pair of car bomb attacks at a police checkpoint near a pet market in Baghdad.
Five policemen were killed in the first attack, carried out by a suicide bomber. The attack wounded nine others. Seconds later, a car bomb near the market killed 14 shoppers and passers-by, wounding 35 others and killing dozens of pet birds.
Security forces sealed off all of the roads leading to the attack site.
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APPHOTO XKK113: Civilians and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in the southeastern neighborhood of New Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Twin car bombs hit near markets in Baghdad killed and wounded dozens of people, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim) (10 Sep 2014)
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