Three car bombs struck the sprawling Sadr City slum in the north of the city, while one car bombs also exploded in Ameen, Al-Husseiniyah and Kamaliyah in the east, and a roadside bomb blew up in Karrada in central Baghdad, security and medical officials said.

Another roadside bomb exploded in Saidiyah in the capital's south. At least 15 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in the attacks across the city, the officials said.

People in Sadr City were enraged by the bombings, and hospitals in the area were crowded with people searching for relatives, an AFP journalist reported.

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