Car Bomb Kills 51 in Baghdad

A car bomb at a bus stop in north Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded 75 others on Tuesday, security officials told AFP.

The attack, the biggest in past eight weeks, took place in the mainly Shiite Al-Hurriyah neighbourhood at around 5:30 pm (1430 GMT), they said.

Security officials said the victims were taken to several hospitals in the Iraqi capital.

The car bombing came hours after a bomb hidden on a motorcycle exploded at a checkpoint in north Baghdad, killing four fighters of a group battling Al-Qaeda militants.

That attack took place at around 10:00 am (0700 GMT) at a checkpoint run by the fighters in the Al-Sulek neighbourhood, security officials said. Four other members of the group were wounded, along with two civilians.