BAGHDAD — A car bomb and a suicide bomber struck on Thursday in a bustling area in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 33, officials said. The first explosion was from an explosives-laden car left in a parking lot in Karrada, a busy commercial area where several government offices are also located, as well as courts and a hospital. Four civilians and three policemen were killed in that attack, and 21 people were wounded, a police officer said. A few minutes later, a suicide bomber with an explosives belt blew himself up at the main gate of an office affiliated with the Higher Education Ministry, killing two policemen and two civilians, the police officer also said. Twelve other people were wounded in that blast. A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Ambulances rushed to the scene, which was quickly sealed off by security forces, as black smoke billowed into the sky. A military helicopter hovered overhead and shop owners cleaned shattered glass from their stores. – AP