At least 15 people were killed and tens wounded in series of car bombs in different areas of the Iraqi capital on Sunday.

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others wounded in nine car bombs in different areas of the Iraqi capital on Sunday.

Three car bombs struck Sadr City in north Baghdad, while one car bomb exploded in Ameen and another in Al-Husseiniyah, both in east Baghdad, killing at least 15 people and wounding another 46, AFP quoted an interior ministry official and a medic as saying.