BAGHDAD: At least 21 people were killed and 50 others were injured in a series of blasts that ripped through the center of the Iraqi capital, police and medics said.
The blasts took place near the Allawi area, not far from the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses several foreign embassies and Iraqi government offices.
Police said two car bombs were detonated, one of them near the justice ministry building, before a suicide car bomber blew himself up near an interior ministry office.
A second suicide car bomber then walked into the justice ministry and militants attacked the building, clashing with Iraqi security forces. Police said the sound of gunshots was still audible.
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