Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said. This wave of explosions threatens the security and stability in the country.

Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said. This wave of explosions threatens the security and stability in the country.

The first three roadside bombs exploded near a livestock market in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, killing six people and shredding the bodies of humans and animals alike.

Another two car bomb blasts killed three people in a residential area of the town of Tuz Khurmato.

Also in north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed three soldiers at a checkpoint in Tarmiya, police and medics said.

A source in the Iraqi police forces reported that the Iraqi troops regained control over one of their headquarters in northern Baghdad, after an attack killed 3 soldiers and wounded 7 others.

Further, the Information office of Salehiddine Governor, Abdollah al-Gabory,  announced that he survived an assassination attempt when two bombs exploded Tuesday southwest of Kirkuk.

More than 200 people have been killed in the past week as tensions pose a great danger of returning Iraq to its previous case of military instability.