A bomb explosion and other separate attacks have killed 17 people and injured more than 30 others

A bomb explosion inside a mosque in central Iraq has martyred 9 people inaddition to the bomber and injured 30 others, while 7 others were killed in separate attacks in the country.

An attacker detonated a bomb inside the Imam al-Hussein (PBUH) mosque in Baladruz, around 75 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, after evening prayers on Thursday killing nine men and injuring 30 others, some in critical condition.

According to a colonel in the provincial security command, some of the injured are in critical condition, AFP reported late Friday.

In the town of Shahria, in Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, a car parked with explosives was detonated as a police convoy was passing nearby killing six people, including police Colonel Mohammed Mohsen and three other policemen. Three policemen and three civilians were also wounded.

In the Ghazaliyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Brigadier General Mohammed Alaa Jassim was shot dead by gunmen. Jassim was deputy commander of the air force's Al-Muthanna base in central Baghdad.