BAGHDAD: At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in a series of car bombs targeting morning commuters in Baghdad’s government district and churches in northern Iraq, police said.
In Baghdad, three car bombs hit central Baghdad, where morning traffic was at a standstill as government workers made their way to offices in and around the heavily fortified Green Zone.
Police said the attacks killed four people and wounded 15 others, but Baghdad security spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim Al-Moussawi said no one had been killed and only four wounded.
There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy, but casualty figures from police and official sources often differ.
One of the bombs went off in a car park near the Iranian Embassy, another near the Foreign Ministry and a third close to a popular restaurant. The blasts set nearby cars ablaze.
In the northern city of Mosul, a series of car bombs killed four people and wounded 40 others.
