Seven car bombs ripped through Baghdad killing five people on Thursday.

Seven car bombs ripped through Baghdad killing five people on Thursday.

The bloodshed has continued unabated, with half a dozen car bombs going off across Baghdad from about noon (0900 GMT) onwards.

In all, they killed at least five people and left more than 40 others wounded, according to security and medical officials.

Three of the blasts targeted market areas.

The blasts come a day after a spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital left 33 people dead, including 25 who were killed in a series of bombings near the heavily-fortified Green Zone.