Men try to put fire out after a car bomb blast in Abu Dshir in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. [Loay Hameed/AP Photo]

The bomb exploded in a car parked on a busy commercial street in the the predominantly Shi'ite area. Police said the death toll could rise.

Violence in Iraq has dropped to a four-year low, but militants still carry out bombings and other attacks on an almost daily basis.

(CCTV October 13, 2008)