(Xinhua) -- A total of 17 people were killed and up to 60 others wounded in three bomb blasts in Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said. The death toll rose to ten killed and 25 people wounded when a homemade bomb detonated under a vehicle parking near a fuel station close to al-Shaab Stadium in eastern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Earlier, the source said that four people were killed and 13 others injured. The fuel station was set ablaze, leaving several cars queuing at the station caught on fire, the source added.
In another incident earlier, the death toll rose to seven and up to 35 others wounded when two roadside bombs went off in a quick succession at Bab al-Sharji, a populous outdoor market in downtown Baghdad, the source said.
Earlier, the source said that six people were killed and 25 others wounded by the double blast.