Officials: Car bombs kill 19, wound 72 in Baghdad

Published March 29, 2013 12:01pm ET



BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say four car bombs have struck Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding 72.

A police officer says the deadliest bombing was in western Jihad neighborhood when a parked car bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers. Seven people died there and 25 were wounded.

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