11 killed, 58 injured, in Baghdad car bomb blast

A car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad today, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 58.

The bomb detonated in a large square used mostly as a car park near the main headquarters of Baghdad’s traffic police department, said police Cap. Mohammed Abdel-Ghani.

At least two of the dead were traffic police officers.

In past years, the square was used for driving tests.