Iraqi police say a car bomb killed at least 25 people and wounded about 40 today at an intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers.
Police said the explosion took place in the mainly Shi'ite district of Bayaa, in southwestern Baghdad. Around 40 vehicles had been set ablaze by the bomb.
Police also said two people were killed in central Baghdad in mortar attacks today.
Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities today found the bodies of 20 beheaded men dumped on the banks of the Tigris River in the town of Salman Pak, just south of Baghdad.
Police have yet to identify the victims.
Meanwhile, the British military says a roadside bomb killed three of its soldiers in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Basrah today.
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