Officials: Car bombs in different parts of Iraq kill 9 people
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Officials say two car bombings in Iraq have killed nine people and wounded 27.
Police officials say in the larger of the two attacks, a car bomb exploded near a car repair shops in Aziziyah town. Seven people were killed and 20 were wounded in that blast. Aziziyah is 55 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Baghdad.
Earlier on Tuesday, a car bomb went off targeting an army patrol north of Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding seven people, five of them were civilians.
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Medics in nearby hospitals confirmed the death toll. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
The bombings came a day after a string of deadly attacks across Iraq killed 55 people.