At least 32 people have died in a suicide car bomb attack near a funeral procession in Baghdad. The bomber detonated a taxi packed with explosives in the mainly Shi'ite Zafaraniyah area in the south of the city. Half of the victims were policemen guarding the march, in the latest brazen attack since the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. Police officials said the blast occurred where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the day before. They said 65 people were wounded, including 16 policemen. More than 320 people have been killed in attacks in Iraq since the start of the year alone and nearly 800 more wounded - more than double last year's figure for violent deaths in January.
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