Baghdad blasts kill 7, wound 27

BAGHDAD: Two roadside bombs in the Sadr City in north Baghdad killed at least seven people on Thursday morning, security officials said.

A defence ministry official said seven people were killed and 27 wounded while an interior ministry official put the toll at nine dead and 35 wounded.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity.

The blasts were the worst since a series of explosions across the Iraqi capital on December 22 killed 60 people, and come amid a political standoff that has stoked sectarian tensions. (AFP)