Three bomb blasts in and around Baghdad killed at least 11 people and wounded dozens on Monday in the latest wave of attacks to hit the Iraqi capital, police said. The deadliest attack was a car bomb blast in a market area at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) that killed at least seven people, according to a police colonel. Hospital officials confirmed the death toll and said at least 20 people were also wounded.
In nearby Sadr City, a sprawling Shia neighbourhood of north Baghdad which has been repeatedly targeted, at least two people were killed when an explosives-laden motorbike was blown up. In Tarmiya, on the northern outskirts of Baghdad, a car bomb went off in a residential compound for employees of a neighbouring industrial complex, police said. At least two people were killed and 10 wounded, according to figures confirmed by hospital sources and an interior ministry official.