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The car detonated in a huge explosion

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Ambulances raced to the scene

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Local people were left shocked and grieving

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Police sealed off the area...

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...and surveyed the wreckage

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US troops helped keep back the crowds, some of whom said they had relatives in the building

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Elsewhere in the city, security at the Spanish embassy was stepped up after one of its diplomats was killed