Iraq bombings kill at least 13

Series of attacks across county injure dozens

At least 13 people have been killed and dozens more were injured after a fresh series of bombings in Iraq.

Police said car bombs killed four people in the north-eastern Shia neighborhood of Binouq, while three died in a bombing at a market selling spare car parts in central Baghdad.

Authorities say a roadside bomb exploded on a police patrol in the central commercial district of Karradah, killing three people.

In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber killed three people when he blew himself up at a federal police checkpoint.

AP

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