Multiple explosions have rocked the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, killing at least 69 people and injuring at least 200 others

Multiple explosions have rocked the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, killing at least 69 people and injuring at least 200 others, an interior ministry official said.

The morning attacks are the deadliest in more than two weeks and security forces cordoned off bomb sites. They took place in the Allawi, Bab al-Muatham and Karrada districts of central Baghdad, the Adhamiyah, Shuala and Shaab neighborhoods in the north, Jadriyah in the east, Ghazaliyah in the west and Al-Amil and Dura in the south, security officials said.

Earlier, health ministry spokesman Ziad Tariq put the toll at 31 dead and 143 wounded.