Baghdad : At least 18 people were killed and 44 wounded in a wave of violent attacks in Iraq Monday.
A roadside bomb exploded near a market in Baghdad's Sadriya area in the evening, killing at least 11 people and injuring 25, reported Xinhua citing a police source .
Earlier in the day, seven people were killed and 19 wounded in separate bombings and shootings across Baghdad.
The attack occurred around noon when a car bomb went off near a crowd of civilians gathered outside a police station in Bob al-Sham neighbourhood in Baghdad, leaving at least three dead and 15 wounded.
The civilians were lining up at the police station, following new security measures to avoid violence in the area, to get their badges for entering their neighbourhood.
