Baghdad, December 15: A series bomb attacks in close proximity to Baghdad’s Green Zone has killed at least four Iraqi people and injured fourteen others including TV’s cameraman.
” Four explosions rocked the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning,” correspondent reported.
Three of the blasts were caused by car bombs and the other by a mortar shell, the report added.
Baghdad is currently reeling from multiple coordinated bombings on Tuesday, which killed 127 people and wounded more than 500 others.
On Thursday al-Qaeda militants claimed responsibility for the bombings and warned of more strikes to come against the Iraqi government.
Iraqi security officials warn militants will probably continue high-profile attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Iraqi government in advance of the March 7 parliamentary elections.
–Agencies