About 10 killed in separate blasts outside Baghdad

Separate blasts outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad have claimed the lives of ten people and injured several others.

A bomb attack targeted an army checkpoint in the town of Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital, on Wednesday, police said, adding that it killed four civilians and three soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen others.

To the southeast of Baghdad, three civilians were also killed and 12 others injured in a bomb blast at an outdoor market in the suburb of Nahrawan.

Medical sources have confirmed the figures.

Meanwhile, a police convoy patrolling Taji district, north of Baghdad, was hit by an explosive device. Four officers were injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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