BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Two roadside bombs that exploded within a few minutes of each other in central Baghdad on Thursday killed five people and wounded 18 others, police said.

A police spokesman said the successive blasts had occurred in a shopping area in the Karrada district of the capital.

A witness at the scene said he had counted 13 bodies. (Writing by Michael Holden; Editing by Caroline Drees)

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