Three bombs exploded near a market and a religious site in Baghdad today, killing at least 21 people.
Hospital sources said a further 42 people were injured in the explosions.
The blasts occurred in quick succession in the Shurta district of the Iraqi capital.
A hospital source said at least 21 were killed and 42 wounded, while an interior ministry source put the toll at 21 dead and 86 wounded.
Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq since the peak of sectarian slaughter in 2006-07 but insurgents still carry out bombings and other attacks daily.
Yesterday two bombs killed at least 25 people at a checkpoint outside a provincial Iraqi governor's house in Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks against local government and security forces.
Reuters
