 A parked car bomb exploded at a popular market in a Shiite slum of Baghdad, killing 66 people and wounding 87, authorities said. AP Television News footage showed a huge plume of gray smoke rising from the scene in the Sadr City neighborhood, and flames shooting through the windows of several scorched cars. The explosion, which occurred at 10 a.m., devastated several shops in the sprawling district in eastern Baghdad, police Col. Hassan Jaloob said. Rasoul Zaboun, an official from Imam Ali Hospital in Sadr City, said 66 people were killed and 87 wounded. He cited that as the final casualty figure after several conflicting reports from police. |