Dozens killed in wave of car bombs in Iraq

Dozens of people have been killed in a wave of car bombings and other attacks across Iraq, including 22 in the capital Baghdad.

In the deadliest attack, a car bomb in north-western Baghdad killed eight people and wounded 15.

Another car bomb in a different area killed seven and wounded 21, and a mortar attack killed seven and wounded 13 elsewhere in the capital, police said. All three attacks targeted Shia-majority areas.

Earlier, a car bomb killed four civilians and two policemen in the Shia holy city of Karbala, about 55 miles south of Baghdad. Another 16 people were wounded in the blast.

Another explosives-laden car went off in the town of Iskandariyah, which is about 30 miles south of Baghdad, killing five civilians and wounding 13 others.

Eight other civilians were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and outside the southern city of Najaf.

Reuters