Attacks in Iraq killed at least six people including a local council member on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence plaguing the country.

Attacks in Iraq killed at least six people including a local council member on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence plaguing the country.

Two roadside bombs targeted a bus stop and a supermarket in two separate areas of Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding 13, most of them government employees.

And the body of a local council member who was kidnapped the day before was found south of Kirkuk.

He was shot in the head and his body bore signs of torture.

And in Muqdadiyah, north of Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed a teacher while he was driving.

Attacks have killed more than 3,490 people since the beginning of 2013, according to media reports.