Car bomb kills two in Baghdad

Last Updated: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:18:00 +1000

A car bomb has killed two people and wounded twenty others at a market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

A police official said the car had passed a checkpoint but wasn't searched before exploding.

The Iraqi government has said it's increasing security in the capital after bombs on Wednesday killed more than a hundred people.

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