A car bomb blast in a crowded shopping area in central Karbala, a holy Shiite city southwest of Baghdad, killed at least 43 people and wounded 55 on Saturday morning, a hospital official said. A short time later, a car bomb exploded on the Jadriya bridge spanning the Tigris River in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, Iraqi police said.

A car bomb blast in a crowded shopping area in central Karbala, a holy Shiite city southwest of Baghdad, killed at least 43 people and wounded 55 on Saturday morning, a hospital official said. A short time later, a car bomb exploded on the Jadriya bridge spanning the Tigris River in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, Iraqi police said.

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