Bombings kill at least 16 in Baghdad

Another wave of bombings has rocked central Baghdad, killing at least 16 people mainly near the heavily fortified Green Zone where key government offices are located, Iraqi officials said.

The deadliest blast took place outside the foreign ministry building where two parked car bombs went off simultaneously, killing at least seven people and wounding 15.

Nearby, a suicide bomber walked into a falafel restaurant where he set off his explosives-laden belt, killing five and wounding 12.

A parked car bomb went off in Khilani Square in the city’s commercial centre, killing four people and wounding eight.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.

The blasts continued a week of such attacks in the Iraqi capital.

At least seven were killed yesterday when car bombings hit an outdoor market in the western Shurta district, the south-western Maalef neighbourhood and the northern suburb of Taji.

On Monday at least 23 people were killed in a series of car bombings in and around Baghdad.

PA