Car bomb hits wedding ceremony in Baghdad, 15 killed

Fifteen people were killed and 19 were injured when a car bomb ripped through a wedding ceremony in northeastern Baghdad on Tuesday, a well-informed Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The blast occurred at about 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) when the convoy of the wedding in Ur district in northeastern Baghdad was hit by a explosive-laden car parked nearby, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Fifteen people were killed and 19 others wounded in the bombing, the source said, adding that women and children were among casualties.

Weddings are often public events in Iraq, making them relatively easy targets for attacks.

Sectarian violence, mainly between Shiite and Sunni Iraqis, mounted up after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Source: Xinhua