Double bomb attacks killed at least 35 people and injured other 28 in the city of Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday.

Double bomb attacks killed at least 35 people and injured other 28 in the city of Taji north of Baghdad on Tuesday.

"Thirty-five people were killed and 28 wounded when a car bomb and an improvised bomb exploded simultaneously outside a government office where national identification cards are issued, and the provincial council offices"æ an interior ministry official said.
He said the blasts struck at 12 pm (0900 GMT).

For his part, Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim Atta confirmed the attacks.
He said there was another attack in Baghdad, adding that at least five people were killed by a rocket strike on the grounds of Al-Rasheed hotel late on Monday.

"A Katyusha rocket struck at 9 pm (1800 GMT) on Monday in the grounds of the Rasheed Hotel where workers live in mobile homes," he told AFP.
"Five people were killed and 25 trailer homes were destroyed," he said.