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Baghdad car bombs kill at least 7, wound 27

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A pair of car bombs exploded in northern Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighborhood Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 27 others, an Interior Ministry official said. A third car bomb found in the area is being dismantled.

The neighborhood is a Shiite stronghold and home to the Imam Mussa al-Kadhim Shrine, Shia Islam's third holiest shrine.

One of the car bombs exploded in al-Zahra'a Square, less than a few hundred meters from the shrine. The other car was parked in Aden Square at the edge of Kadhimiya.

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