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Iraq attacks kill 17 as mass grave found

By Sameer Yacoub
Published September 5, 2014 1:57pm ET
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Iraq attacks kill 17 as mass grave found
Civilians gather at the site of a car bomb attack on Saadoun street in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. The bomb exploded in a commercial area in central Baghdad on Tuesday night, killing and wounding civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) | Hadi Mizban

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks across Iraq on Friday killed 17 people, including four Shiite militiamen and a Sunni tribal chief, while a mass grave in the north was found to contain the bodies of 15 Shiite truck drivers killed by Sunni militants.

Police officials said the deadliest attack happened when a car bomb went off on a commercial street in Baghdad’s mainly Shiite Zafaraniyah district, killing seven people and wounding 15 others. Several shops were damaged.

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