Baghdad : At least 19 people were killed and 42 others wounded in violent attacks in Iraq Friday, police said.
Five people were killed and 17 others wounded Friday evening when two bombs exploded near a shop in Dora district of southern Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
In the capital city of Baghdad, four people were killed and 13 others wounded in four separate attacks, the police source said.
One worshiper was killed and nine others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in the Saidiya area of Baghdad, while a doctor was killed when a sticky bomb hit his car in the Adhamiya district north of Baghdad.
Unidentified gunmen assassinated a police officer outside his home in the Amiriya district west of Baghdad, the source said, adding that one worshiper was killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad.
A roadside bomb attack killed three people and injured six others in the area of Madain, some 20 km south of Baghdad, the police source said.
