Five Iraqis killed in restaurant blast

A car bomb ripped through an elegant Baghdad restaurant crowded with diners at a New Year’s Eve party killing five Iraqis and wounding 35 others, including at least one Briton and two Americans.

“The glass came flying. Everything else blew up. People were blown apart,” said Basam Sarhan, a 25-year-old baker working in the kitchen at the back of the restaurant, located in a smart Baghdad neighbourhood.