Iraqi officials: 3 bomb-rigged cars exploded across Baghdad; at least 18 killed

3 bomb-rigged cars explode in Baghdad; 18 killed

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say three bomb-rigged cars that exploded in quick succession across Baghdad killed at least 18 people.

The officials say one of the three blasts on Tuesday morning occurred outside the Labor Ministry, killing at least eight people there.

They say at least 10 others died in an explosion near the new site of Iraq’s Finance Ministry, whose old building was destroyed in an August explosion. The casualty toll at the third site was not immediately clear.

The death tolls were given by hospital and police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.