Baghdad, Sept. 15 (ANI): Nearly 26 people were killed and 81 wounded in a series of bombings, including 12 car bomb attacks, across Iraq on Sunday, police said.
Two car bombs struck a marketplace in the city of Hillah, some 100 km south of Baghdad, while a third car bomb went off in an industrial area, a local police source said.
The three car bombings killed a total of 13 people and wounded 30 others, the source said.
In Iraq's eastern province of Wasit, two car bombs went off outside a restaurant in the town of Hafriyah, some 60 km southeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 10 others, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Another two car bombs went off in succession at a parking lot in the town of Swayra, some 70 km southeast of Baghdad, wounded three people and left some 30 cars burned, the source said.
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb went off in Wasit's provincial capital of Kut, some 170 km southeast of Baghdad, wounding a civilian, the source added. (ANI)
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