Bomb in Baghdad minibus wounds 7

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A bomb planted inside a minibus
exploded in Baghdad’s Shi’ite Sadr City neighborhood on Sunday,
wounding seven people, police sources said.

Sunni insurgents have stepped up bombings of buses in
recent weeks, stirring already high sectarian passions.

A bomb inside a minibus in Sadr City earlier this week
killed two people and wounded five.

Sadr City, a sprawling slum in eastern Baghdad, is a
stronghold of radical Shi’ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada
al-Sadr, a growing political figure in the ruling Shi’ite
coalition.