BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least 25 people and wounded at least 45 more at a Baghdad bus and taxi station on Saturday, police said.
The explosion shook the busy Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya in northwestern Baghdad, where people typically gather at a major Shi'ite mosque on Saturdays.
Police said women and children were among the dead and wounded.
The U.S. military said the blast took place just after noon, putting the toll at 20 dead and 25 wounded.
After the attack, security forces sifted through twisted metal and burnt body shells of cars, some with bloodstained seats.
Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq over the past year, but car bombs, assassinations and other attacks still shake Baghdad and other parts of Iraq routinely.
On December 17, successive bomb blasts in central Baghdad killed 18 people and wounded more than 50.
