6 people killed, 31 wounded in Baghdad car bombing BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a car bomb explosion at a marketplace in a Shiite district in Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Thursday has increased to six, while 31 were wounded, an Interior Ministry source said. The blast occurred in the morning rush hours when a booby- trapped car parked at the popular Mreidy market in Sadr City district in the eastern part of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Earlier, the source said three were killed and 17 wounded in the car bombing. The blast came in the wake of violent attacks swept the country on Wednesday, including a wave of car bombings in Baghdad, which killed at least 35 people and wounded 134. Violence and sporadic high-profile bomb attacks are still common in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decrease in violence since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.