SECURITY: Explosions kill 9, injure 35 in east Baghdad’s Sadr city

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: At least 9 civilians have been killed and 35 others injured in 2 successive explosions and a motorbike blast in east Baghdad’s Sadr city on Thursday morning, a security source reported.”Two explosive charges blew off early today (Thursday) close to al-Sadr Public hospital early on Thursday, killing and wounding a number of civilians,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.He said that “a motorbike blew off early in the day against a group of workers in Jamila district of al-Sadr city, also causing many casualties.|The security source stressed that the “final result of the explosions have reached 9 civilians killed and 35 others injured, some seriously, that could raise the number of casualties to a higher figure,” adding that the security forces rushed to the venues ofthe blasts, giving no further details.864