At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in a car bomb and mortar attacks in neighborhoods north Baghdad.

At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in a car bomb and mortar attacks in neighborhoods north Baghdad.

The attacks, which also wounded at least a dozen people and damaged nearby cars and houses, struck the Chikouk and Shuala neighborhoods at around 6:45 am (0345 GMT), days after deadly violence targeted another district in the north of the capital.

Multiple mortars struck Chikouk while a car bomb detonated in Shuala, an interior ministry official said, putting the overall toll from the attacks at nine dead and 12 wounded.

A medical source said eight people were killed and 25 wounded, with women and children among the casualties. The medic warned that the toll could rise.

Conflicting casualty figures are common in the chaotic aftermath of violence in Iraq.