Double Car Bomb Attacks Near Churches In Baghdad: Police

BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (AFP) - Two car bombs exploded in quick succession near two Baghdad churches, wounding at least 15 people, police and medics said.
The first car was detonated by a suicide bomber near an Armenian church in the upmarket district of Karada, said policeman Haidar Abdul Hussein. Minutes later, a second car bomb exploded near another church.
Officials at the Ibn al-Nafeez hospital said 15 people had been admitted with injuries following the attacks.
Another police officer at the scene said there were casulties, but was unable to specify how many.
Police officers fired into the air. An AFP correspondent saw the gutted shells of the two cars lying in the streets. Ambulances ferried the wounded away and firemen battled the flames and smoke.
Also Sunday, two car bombs exploded outside a church in Iraq`s main northern city of Mosul, home to a significant Christian minority, police said.