DHAKA: A car bomb was detonated in a mainly Shia district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding 20.

Iraq police and medical sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

The bombing in the New Baghdad neighborhood followed a series of blasts in the Iraqi capital on Monday which killed more than 20 people.

Police sources said the death toll from Tuesday’s attack was expected to rise.

BDST: 1243 HRS, AUG 26, 2014