At least 12 people were killed and 31 were wounded in an intensive mortar bombardment of an eastern Baghdad suburb on Sunday, security and medical officials in Iraq said. An interior ministry official said the attack came during heavy clashes in the mainly Shiite suburb of Al-Obeidi between the US military and militiamen.
"Many mortars were fired. The area has been sealed off," the official said. A security official said at least five mortar shells landed in the suburb and that all those killed were civilians.
The Al-Sadr hospital in the sprawling Sadr City slum reported receiving 12 bodies and 18 wounded people, while the Ibn Nafees hospital in central Baghdad said 13 wounded had been taken there for treatment.
In another incident, one person was killed and five wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded in the busy Al-Shorjah market close to the city centre, a security official said. Al-Shorjah is the oldest and largest market in the Iraqi capital.
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