A series of explosions rocked Baghdad this morning, killing at least nine people and wounding 26, police said.

A suicide car bomb struck a market in the Shiite district of Sadr City and police said 17 people died today, a day after a blast targeting university students killed 70 in what appeared to be a renewed campaign of Sunni insurgent violence against Shiites.

Twin car bombs tore through a leading Baghdad university as students left classes yesterday, killing 70 people in the deadliest single attack in nearly two months and marking a full-fledged resumption of sectarian violence.

Explosions rocked a Baghdad university as students were leaving at the end of classes today, killing at least 65 people and wounding at least 138, police and hospital officials said.