Baghdad car bomb kills nine

A parked car bomb exploded in a crowded area near a medical complex in Baghdad today, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30, officials said. It was the latest in an increase in violence in the heart of the Iraqi capital.

Elsewhere in the capital, a roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol at a junction in a north-eastern neighbourhood, killing one civilian and wounding eight other people, including six soldiers and two civilians, police said.