Baghdad Bombings Kill 21

The Associated Press reports:

Iraqi officials say 21 people have been killed when three bombs exploded in a Shiite neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad.

Two police officials said the bombs targeted a Shiite mosque as well as a market Thursday evening.

The officials said that 42 people were also injured in the blasts.

An official from Yarmouk hospital confirmed the casualty figures.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Sunni extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq generally tend to target Shiite mosques and neighborhoods.