Deadly explosions hit Iraqi capital
At least 13 people have been killed and 50 more wounded in a series of bomb explosions north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security officials say.
In a new wave of unrest that has been targeting the war-ravaged country, a total of 11 roadside bombs, two car bomb explosions, and a bomb attack struck in and around the capital on Sunday morning, AFP reported.
A deadly attack claimed the lives of seven Iraqi policemen and injured 10 others in the town of Taji, 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said on condition of anonymity.
The incident occurred after a bomber blew himself up following a car bomb explosion around 9:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) in the town and when ambulances and residents thronged at the scene.
In a separate incident, four roadside bombs and a car bomb near a police station in the south Baghdad neighborhood of Al-Amil killed two people and wounded 15 others, including three policemen, while a roadside bomb in Saidiyah, also in the south, wounded three more.
Meanwhile, two separate roadside bombs, one near a hospital and another near a popular market, in Sadr city north of Baghdad left two people dead and 14 wounded, the interior ministry official said.
In another incident, a roadside bomb targeting a police brigadier general’s convoy killed a civilian and wounded five people, including two of the senior commander’s bodyguards in north Baghdad.
Two roadside bombs in central Al-Wathiq square killed one person and wounded 12, six of them policemen, while a bomb blast in eastern Beirut square wounded six.
The attack came in the wake of multiple explosions that targeted Iraqi police in the northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing 27 people and injuring 89 others.
Source: presstv.ir
