 A bomb has ripped through a wedding convoy in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people, four of them children, the interior ministry says. The bomb struck a procession of vehicles at dusk in Ur, on the outskirts of Baghdad's Sadr City. It was not immediately clear if the blast was carried out by a suicide bomber or a remotely detonated device. The bomb came as Iraq's prime minister announced a lifting of a blockade on the Shia stronghold of Sadr City. At total of at least 19 people were injured in the attack. Earlier, at least 30 bus passengers were kidnapped by an armed gang on a road north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi police. An official said the bus, carrying mainly Shia passengers to the town of Balad, was stopped at a fake checkpoint 40km (24 miles) from the capital. ...
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