Dozens of Iraqis were killed and injured on Tuesday, in several bomb attacks across the country.

Dozens of Iraqis were killed and injured on Tuesday, in several bomb attacks across the country.

In the central city of Diwaniya, at least 25 people were killed, and around 70 others were wounded.
"At least 25 people were killed and around 70 wounded when a bomb blew up in a truck parked in the central market" at around 10:15 am (0715 GMT), a police colonel told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A hospital source in the city, 160 kilometers south of Baghdad, confirmed receiving 25 dead.
Shortly afterwards authorities imposed a curfew across the city of some 440,000 people.

Hours earlier, near-simultaneous car bombs targeting pilgrims on the outskirts of the central shrine city of Karbala killed four people.
The 7:00 am (0400 GMT) attack struck the village of Freyha, 10 kilometers east of Karbala, ahead of commemoration ceremonies on Friday for the birth of a key figure in Shiite Islam.

"There were four killed and 13 wounded by two car bombs at around7:00 am, east of Karbala," provincial police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Hasnawi said.
A medical official in Karbala, speaking on condition of anonymity, put the toll at four dead and 33 wounded.