Baghdad, October 15: At least 11 people have been killed and 44 others injured in a series of blasts and violence-related incidents in Iraq, security sources say.
“Two explosive devices went off in al-Abbas Street and another near al-Dahhan market. All three blasts took place near Imam al-Abbas and al-Hussein’s shrines in central Karbala,” police and government officials said on Wednesday.
The blasts left four people killed and 38 others wounded in the southern city of Karbala, the sources added.
Meanwhile, three mortar attacks on a market in Baghdad killed seven people and injured six others while nearby shops and homes were also damaged in the attacks.
Just over 85,000 Iraqis have been killed in Iraq between 2004 and 2008 in shootings, bombings, mortar attacks and beheadings, according to the first estimate from the Iraqi government since the war began.
—–Agencies