A car bomb exploded near a girls school in central Baghdad on Tuesday killing six people and injuring at least three others, a police official said. The blast happened near eastern Baghdad's well-known Withaq Square, near the Alwiyah residential area, at about 10:30 a.m., destroying at least three cars and damaging several buildings, AP reported. Residents had notified police about a suspicious-looking car and bomb disposal experts were approaching the vehicle to inspect it when it exploded, killing six bystanders, said police Capt. Husham Ismael. Three civilians and one policeman were also injured.
