Eight people were killed in several attacks across Iraq on Saturday, security sources said.

Eight people were killed in several attacks across Iraq on Saturday, security sources said.

Gunmen shot dead a woman and her two daughters in their home near Baquba, north of the Iraqi capital.

In Tikrit, also north of Baghdad, a roadside bombing killed a man and his 11-year-old son as they walked in the city center.

Gunmen also killed a judge's two bodyguards in the northern province of Nineveh. The judge was not with them at the time.

And an explosion near a market in Baghdad killed one person and wounded five.