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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A car bomb targeting government workers killed at least five people and wounded 18 in Karbala on Sunday, and two car bombs in Baghdad claimed the lives of at least nine victims, hospital and police officials said.

Karbala -- which lies some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad -- is home to two of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines and has been targeted by insurgent bombings in the past.

The first blast in Baghdad, at an Iraqi army base, killed eight people and wounded 15. The second, near a government agricultural building, killed one person and wounded five, police said.

The attacks come as Iraqi police told CNN a total of 43 bodies have been found in Iraq's capital in the past 24 hours. All of the bodies had gunshot wounds to the head.