Eight Iraqis were killed and 13 others were wounded in bomb attacks that targeted a mosque and a policeman’s home on Friday.

Eight Iraqis were killed and 13 others were wounded in bomb attacks that targeted a mosque and a policeman’s home on Friday.

Three bombs exploded near mosques in Abu Ghraib, about 20 kilometers west of Baghdad, around midday, killing a total of four people and wounding 13 others, an interior ministry official said.
Two police and one soldier were among the dead, while three police and two soldiers were wounded in the blasts, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A bomb targeting the home of a policeman in the Saqlawiya district outside Fallujah, about 60 kilometers west of Baghdad, killed four people early on Friday, police Captain Omar Abbud said.
The policeman, a member of the local anti-terrorism force, was not present at the time of the attack, but the bomb killed his 55-year-old mother and three other members of his family, Abbud said.