Violence killed seven people on Wednesday, including three policemen and a young girl, officials said, as authorities struggle to contain the worst violence to hit Iraq since 2008.

Violence killed seven people on Wednesday, including three policemen and a young girl, officials said, as authorities struggle to contain the worst violence to hit Iraq since 2008.

The attacks are the latest in a wave of unrest that has made the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan the bloodiest in years, with more than 800 people killed nationwide.

Militants have struck targets ranging from cafes where Iraqis gather after breaking their daily Ramadan fast to mosques where extended evening prayers are held during Ramadan.

In Wednesday's deadliest attack, a bomb killed three policemen and wounded a fourth near Dhuluiyah, north of Baghdad.

Another bomb exploded near a police patrol in the northern city of Mosul, killing a young girl, while police killed two militants attempting to plant a bomb.

And in the Mussayib area, south of Baghdad, a magnetic "sticky bomb" on a bus killed one person and wounded two.

Other attacks, including a car bomb that exploded near a Kurdish political party office in the northern city of Kirkuk, wounded dozens more.

It is worth to mention that the political squabbling has paralyzed the Iraqi government's efforts and measures to cope with the security slide that stormed the entire country.