A rapid-fire series of explosions in Baghdad as Iraqis were going to work on Sunday morning killed six people and injured dozens more, officials said.
In total, eight roadside and car bombs blew up in mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of eastern and southwestern Baghdad, a reminder of the dangers Iraq still faces despite a drop in violence since the height of the war.
At about 7am a car bomb in a parking lot in
eastern Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood exploded, injuring five people and damaging several nearby cars.
Minutes later, also in Sadr City, a bomb hidden in a pile of garbage exploded, killing one person and wounding five more.
Then five minutes later another roadside bomb, this time targeting a police patrol, exploded; three policemen and four bystanders were injured in that blast.
In the southwestern neighbourhood of Bayaa, the morning calm was shattered by five explosions that went off in rapid succession.
First a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol. Then a minute later another roadside bomb went off in a commercial street followed by two roadside bombs hidden in a pile of garbage on a highway.
Finally, a parked car bomb went off on a road that marks the intersection between Bayaa and the adjoining neighbourhood.
In total, five people were killed in Bayaa, including two policemen, and 15 people were injured, including six policemen, police and hospital officials said. They did not have a breakdown of where the deaths occurred.
The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
In total, eight roadside and car bombs blew up in mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of eastern and southwestern Baghdad, a reminder of the dangers Iraq still faces despite a drop in violence since the height of the war.
At about 7am a car bomb in a parking lot in
eastern Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood exploded, injuring five people and damaging several nearby cars.
Minutes later, also in Sadr City, a bomb hidden in a pile of garbage exploded, killing one person and wounding five more.
Then five minutes later another roadside bomb, this time targeting a police patrol, exploded; three policemen and four bystanders were injured in that blast.
In the southwestern neighbourhood of Bayaa, the morning calm was shattered by five explosions that went off in rapid succession.
First a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol. Then a minute later another roadside bomb went off in a commercial street followed by two roadside bombs hidden in a pile of garbage on a highway.
Finally, a parked car bomb went off on a road that marks the intersection between Bayaa and the adjoining neighbourhood.
In total, five people were killed in Bayaa, including two policemen, and 15 people were injured, including six policemen, police and hospital officials said. They did not have a breakdown of where the deaths occurred.
The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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