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A series of co-ordinated bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 68 people and wounded dozens more, police and medical sources say.
The bombs targeted mainly Shia neighbourhoods during the rush hour.
The deadliest explosion was reported to be in Jisr Diyala in south-eastern Baghdad, where a car bomb killed at least seven people.
Several blasts hit northern Kadhimiya and Sadr among other provinces. At least 10 separate bombings are believed to have taken place yesterday leaving more than 200 people injured.
No group has admitted carrying out the bombings, but they appear to be the handiwork of Sunni militants.
Violence has increased in Iraq in recent months amid heightened deep-rooted sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims. The tension is being aggravated by the civilian war in neighbouring Syria.
Sunnis say they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shia-led government.
More than 4,000 civilians have been killed and 10,000 more have been wounded so far this year, with Baghdad province worst hit.
The authorities have stepped up security operations in Baghdad but they seem unable to stop the growing intensity of violence now back to a level not seen for five years.
Barely a day goes by in Iraq now without similar bloodshed.
