Thursday’s blast, which government officials blamed on insurgents seeking to undermine Iraq’s safety before a March meeting of Arab leaders in Baghdad, also wounded about 123 people.

The officials confirmed the new casualty count on Friday.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to release the information.

The attack infuriated Iraqis who pelted security forces with sticks and stones for failing to stop the deadly strike.

It was the latest major attack in over a week of violence in Iraq, mostly targeting Shiites and security forces.

The blast and three other small bombings Thursday were the latest in more than a week of attacks that have killed more than 200 people, raising fears about an uptick in violence as the US military prepares to withdraw from the country.

The violence has mainly targeted the majority Shiite community and Iraqi security forces, posing a major challenge to Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and his fragile coalition government that was seated last month.

The car that exploded about 2 p.m. Thursday had been parked with the vehicles of other mourners, several meters away from the funeral tent, so it wouldn’t raise suspicion, police said. Several other cars were set ablaze and nearby houses were damaged.

Young men furious over the lack of security began pelting Iraqi security forces at the scene with stones.

Anger was still high three hours later, and Iraqi troops fired in the air to disperse a crowd of residents gathering for a demonstration against the failure to prevent the bombings. Iraqi helicopters buzzed overhead.

“The residents were pushing back against the security forces who regrettably started shooting to disperse the crowd,” Kamil Nassir Al-Zaidi, the head of the Baghdad provincial council, said.

A witness who identified himself as Abu Ahmed Al-Saiedi said mourners had been allowed to park near the funeral tent because most people in the neighborhood knew each other.

“I blame the neighborhood security officials for letting this car bomb enter the area without being checked,” said another witness, Abu Ahmed Al-Saiedi, who was hit in the arm with shrapnel. “When I saw people hurling stones at security men, I said to myself, ‘They deserve that.”’

Ali Kamil, a 22-year-old college student who lives nearby, said he rushed to the scene and saw the blaze still raging. “I discovered that a friend of mine from college was killed in the blast along with another friend of mine, and I saw four other friends from the neighborhood injured,” he said.

Three other Iraqis were killed in sporadic bombings targeting Iraqi troops and an electricity official earlier Thursday.

The first roadside bomb occurred about 8:30 a.m. near a police patrol at a commercial complex in Baghdad’s Karradah neighborhood, killing one civilian and wounding five other people, including three policemen, officials said.

A bomb targeting Iraqi soldiers patrolling the Bab Al-Muadham area of Baghdad exploded about an hour and a half later, killing one bystander and wounding three others, according to police and hospital officials.

The director general of Baghdad’s central electricity directorate, Ismaeel Al-Obeidi, also escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb struck the two vehicle convoy carrying him to work, officials said.