Six people were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad and north Iraq, including an army colonel and three schoolboys.

Six people were killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq, including an army colonel and three schoolboys.

In the town of Saadiyah, Diyala province, Colonel Hassan Ali was killed and three of his bodyguards were wounded when a roadside bomb struck the convoy he was travelling in, AFP reported.

Three boys aged between nine and 11 were also killed in another roadside bomb attack in the village of Yathreb, in Salaheddin province around 70 kilometers north of the capital.

Two officials working for the agriculture ministry were killed by a magnetic "sticky bomb" attached to their car while headed to work in the town of Al-Sharqat, 290 kilometers northwest of Baghdad.

On Monday, 17 people were killed and dozens others were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq.