25-11-2024 11:48 AM Jerusalem Timing

Iraq Blasts Kill, Injure Dozens

Iraq Blasts Kill, Injure Dozens

Bomb attacks in across Iraq on Thursday killed as many as fifteen people and injured other more than forty others.

Bomb attacks in across Iraq on Thursday killed as many as fifteen people and injured other more than forty others.

Two blasts took place at a coffee shop in a village near the town of Baqubah, 65 kilometers to the northeast of Baghdad,  Reuters reported.

According to Iraqi security sources, the first attack was a car bombing, in which 10 people died and 15 others were wounded. Another bomb, which had been planted inside the coffee shop, went off subsequently, injuring three other people, the sources said.

Earlier in the day, a roadside bomb blast and a car bomb explosion killed five civilians and injured 27 others in the capital.

Bombings and killings take place across the country on a daily basis. On April 19, at least 36 people died and about 150 others were wounded after more than 20 bomb attacks hit different regions across the country.