Iraqi officials say a bomb explosion in a Shiite slum in eastern Baghdad kills 6, injures 15

Iraq: 6 killed in Baghdad bomb blast

BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and health officials say a bomb explosion has killed six civilians and injured 15 others in a Shiite slum in eastern Baghdad.

The officials say the bomb was planted near a state-run bank in Sadr City where retirees were waiting to get their pensions. It went off at about 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday.

They say the dead included three men, two women and one Iraqi security official. The two police officials and a doctor spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.

There has been a decline of violence across Iraq over the last two years, but low-level attacks do continue, especially in Baghdad.