At least eight people were killed in bomb attacks in central Iraq and 11 were wounded

At least eight people were killed in bomb attacks in central Iraq and 11 were wounded on Saturday two days after triple blasts killed 19 people in the southern port city of Basra, security officials and a doctor said.
  
In the deadliest Saturday attack, bombs on each side of the main road from Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, to Fallujah, hit a truck carrying construction workers, First Lieutenant Omar Zawbai of the Abu Ghraib police told AFP.
  
Dr Omar Delli of Fallujah Hospital said that "the hospital received seven bodies and seven wounded." "Three of the wounded left the hospital, but the four others are in critical condition," Delli added.
  
An interior ministry official put the casualty toll at eight dead and 13 wounded.

The interior ministry official also said that three bombs exploded in the Baab al-Sharqi area of central Baghdad, killing one person and wounding four.