Baghdad, October 20: One civilian lost his life on Tuesday when a sticky bomb attached to his vehicle detonated in central Baqouba, the capital of the eastern province of Diyala, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.
The blast killed the driver and ripped through three nearby cars, according to security sources.
In Baghdad, a bomb explosion rocked the capital’s al-Aadhamiya district, leaving one al-Sahwa (Awakening) security force dead and four others wounded.
One gunman was also killed when a bomb he was making exploded in a village in Talafar, west of Mosul.
Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, is the capital of the northern province of Nineveh and has been the scene of unrelenting bomb attacks and shootings in the past years.
Earlier on Tuesday, at least 11 people lost their lives in several bomb attacks across the northern province of Salahuddin.
More than 12 people, including Iranian pilgrims, were also injured after their vehicles were targeted by explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
——–Agencies