Baghdad: Car bombs exploded in three crowded areas of the Iraqi capital today, killing at least 23 people, the latest in a string of deadly blasts in the city, officials said.

One car bomb hit Baladiyat in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 13 people, security and medical officials said. A second struck Adhamiyah in the north, killing at least five, and a third, in the central Karrada district, left at least five more dead.