BAGHDAD, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Two Iraqis were killed and 17 others were injured Sunday when a pair of bomb blasts struck Baghdad, officials say.
The first blast targeted a gas station in Baghdad's Al-Zafaraniyah neighborhood. Officials said it was caused by an improvised explosive device and went off as cars were lined up at the station, the Kuwait news agency, KUNA, reported.
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Two Iraqi civilians died and 10 others were wounded, with victims taken to Ibn Nafees Hospital.
A second blast struck Baghdad 30 minutes later, authorities said. A roadside bomb went off at a police checkpoint near an outdoor market, CNN reported, wounding seven people, including three police officers.
