Terrorist attacks kill 14 in, around Baghdad

At least 14 people have lost their lives and 29 others were injured in a spate of attacks carried out by terrorists in and around the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.

According to the reports, in the deadliest assault on Wednesday, a bomber set off his explosives-laden vest at a police checkpoint in Baghdad's Shia Muslim neighborhood of Shula.

A police officer, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attack left three policemen and three civilians dead and at least 15 more people injured.

Three shoppers were killed and nine others injured in another bomb explosion that hit a commercial area in the town of Yusufiyah, situated 20 km south of Baghdad, an unnamed police officer said.

Additionally, a similar explosion took place in the capital's southwestern Sa'adiyah neighborhood, killing two civilians and injuring five others.

Elsewhere in the northeastern Baghdad suburb of Rashidiyah, police said that three intelligence officers affiliated to Iraq’s Interior Ministry were gunned down by drive-by shooters armed with pistols fitted with silencers.

Local medical officials confirmed the number of casualties in Wednesday’s attacks. 

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