Baghdad violence not declining

The Iraqi ministry of health says more than 1,500 people were killed in attacks in Baghdad last month.
The figure is far higher than previously thought, and only slightly lower than July's figure.

US military and Iraqi officials had previously said a major new security operation in Baghdad had dramatically reduced the number of killings.

In the latest violence, three people were killed by a bomb in the Karrada district on Friday.

The bomb apparently targeted a local police commander, who survived the attack.

Revised numbers

The Iraqi health ministry says its final count for violent deaths in Baghdad in August is 1,536.

That is nearly three times the same ministry's estimate issued last week.

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