Multiple bomb explosions kill 12 in, around Iraq's capital
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Iraqi security forces and emergency personnel secure the site of a bombing in the Baghdad Jadida area on April 25, 2016. (AFP photo)
At least a dozen people have been killed and dozens more injured in multiple bomb explosions in and around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security and medical sources say.
According to Press TV, Iraqi security officials said that the largest bomb attack killed three policemen and two civilians in Baghdad's western suburb of Abu Ghraib on Sunday. At least 16 others were also wounded in that attack.
The casualties came after a bomber blew up himself outside a funeral tent for the wife of a local official.
Separately, a bomb explosion in a commercial area in the town of Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad, claimed lives of three civilians and wounded 10 others.
Elsewhere, two separate bomb attacks on commercial areas in Baghdad killed four civilians and wounded 17 others.
On Friday, at least nine people have lost their lives and nearly a dozen others sustained injuries when two bomb explosions ripped through residential neighborhoods near Baghdad.
Latest figures released by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq show a total of 741 Iraqis were killed and 1,374 others injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in April.
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