Death toll from Basra market blast rises to 43

Baghdad, 08 Aug-(ANA)-The death toll from a series of explosions in the southern Iraqi city of Basra  has risen to 43, officials have said.

One blast was initially reported to have been caused by an exploding generator, but officials now say it was a roadside bomb.

Two car bombs were also used in the co-ordinated attack, they said.

In a separate incident on Sunday, a suicide bomb blast killed six people in the city of Ramadi east of the Baghdad.

The car bomb was detonated at a petrol station near a post office where people were queuing to receive social welfare payments, reports said. (ANA)

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