17 killed in Baghdad bomb blasts

Three bombs exploded today within an hour in Baghdad, killing 17 people and injuring 48.

At about 10.40am local time, a device hidden under a car detonated as a police patrol was passing near the central Tahrir Square, said Maj. Falah al-Mohammedawi, an Interior Ministry official. The blast missed the patrol but killed three civilians and injured 15, said police Lt. Ali Mitab.