Death toll from car bomb explosion in Iraq climbs to 24

BAGHDAD - 16 November 2019: At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bomb explosion near Baghdad's Tahrir Square, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.

An explosive device planted under a car in Tahrir Square went off, Alsumariys news channel reported, quoting the Iraqi security media cell as saying.

Earlier in the day, Iraqi security sources said that an improvised explosive device went off at Tayaran square near Baghdad's Tahrir Square, leaving a number of people dead and wounded.