At least 25 killed in attacks in Shiite parts of Baghdad: police, medics

At least 25 people were killed in car bomb and mortar attacks in mainly Shiite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police and medical sources said.

Two car bombs exploded in busy streets in the al-Horreyya district, killing 20 people and wounding 35, the sources said.

There was also a mortar attack in the Sab al-Bour neighbourhood of northern Baghdad that killed five people and wounded 15.