Baghdad car bomb in Shiite area kills four
At least five people were killed in a car bomb blast in Al-Amin district of southeast Baghdad.
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A car bomb in a majority Shiite area of Iraq s capital killed four people Saturday, officials said, the latest in a spate of attacks sparking fears of a revival of all-out sectarian bloodshed.
The explosion near a clinic in Al-Amin district of southeast Baghdad also wounded 20 people including four children.
Sunni Muslim insurgents in Iraq, including members of Al-Qaeda, consider the country s Shiite majority to be apostates and regularly single them out for attack.
Another car bomb on Saturday, this one detonated by a suicide attacker, near a military base in the main northern city of Mosul wounded 21 people -- 12 soldiers and nine civilians -- according to officials.
Saturday s violence comes as Iraq experiences one of its deadliest periods in weeks. The United Nations said more than 1,000 people were killed in May alone, making it Iraq s deadliest month since 2008.
