Car bombs kill 5 south of Baghdad

Two devices explode at livestock market

By CNN Staff
POSTED: 03:17 PM MST Mar 01, 2013    UPDATED: 01:45 AM MST Mar 02, 2013 
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(CNN) -

Five people were killed and 34 were wounded when two car bombs exploded Friday at a livestock market in Diwaniya, about 140 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq, police and health officials said.

Diwaniya is a predominantly Shiite city.

On Thursday, a car bomb exploded at a livestock market in al-Aziziya, about 80 kilometers north of Kut, killing two people and wounding 19 others.

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