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Car Bombing Kills 13 in Iraq

by VOA News

   A car bomb has exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in the Iraqi
   capital of Baghdad, killing at least 13 people and wounding 24 others.

   The bombing late Monday comes just three days into the holy month of
   Ramadan, when Muslims flock to cafes and restaurants after a whole day
   of fasting.

   Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attack, which
   Iraqi officials said involved apparently remotely detonated explosives
   inside a parked car.

   Islamic State was also responsible for a big truck bombing during
   Ramadan last year that killed hundreds of people.