• Militants were able to bring the bombs, which exploded just before midnight (11pm) on Thursday and were heard across the city centre, inside the walled compounds of the Ishtar and Babylon hotels in central Baghdad. Ali Abbas / EPA
    Militants were able to bring the bombs, which exploded just before midnight (11pm) on Thursday and were heard across the city centre, inside the walled compounds of the Ishtar and Babylon hotels in central Baghdad. Ali Abbas / EPA
  • Iraqi policemen stand guard in the entrance of Babylon hotel. Ali Abbas / EPA
    Iraqi policemen stand guard in the entrance of Babylon hotel. Ali Abbas / EPA
  • Civilians and security forces inspect the aftermath of a car-bomb attack. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
    Civilians and security forces inspect the aftermath of a car-bomb attack. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
  • The Babylon hotel was recently refurbished. Ali Abbas / EPA
    The Babylon hotel was recently refurbished. Ali Abbas / EPA
  • The hotel overlooks the Tigris river in the Jadriya neighbourhood. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
    The hotel overlooks the Tigris river in the Jadriya neighbourhood. Hadi Mizban / AP Photo
  • A general view shows the damage inflicted upon the Babylon hotel. Ali Al Saadi / AFP Photo
    A general view shows the damage inflicted upon the Babylon hotel. Ali Al Saadi / AFP Photo
  • Iraqi policemen stand guard. Ali Abbas / EPA
    Iraqi policemen stand guard. Ali Abbas / EPA
  • Smoke rises from the site of car bomb attack in Baghdad. Ahmed Saad / Reuters
    Smoke rises from the site of car bomb attack in Baghdad. Ahmed Saad / Reuters

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Car bombs at Baghdad’s Sheraton and Babylon hotels — in pictures

Rob Guerdebeke

May 29, 2015

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The toll from car bombs that ripped through the car parks of two upscale Baghdad hotels has risen to at least nine killed and dozens wounded, officials said on Friday.

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