Five dead, 18 injured in Iraq bombings


Baghdad, May 11 (IANS): At least five people were killed and 16 others wounded on Monday when bomb attacks ripped through residential areas in different parts of Iraq including capital city Baghdad, media reported.

According to police, two people lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries when a bomb went off in Baghdad's eastern neighbourhood of al-Mashtal, Arabic language al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.

Later in the day, one person was killed and six others injured when a bomb attack took place at a market in the western al-Aamiriya neighbourhood of the capital.

Another civilian died and three others sustained injuries, when a bomb struck their vehicle in Baghdad's central neighbourhood of al-Nahza.

Meanwhile, a health official, Faris al-Azzawi, said a doctor was killed and two female nurses critically injured when a roadside bomb targeted their ambulance as they were travelling in the town of Balad Ruz, situated 70 km northeast of Baghdad.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombings, but such attacks are usually blamed on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.

 

 

  

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