Alwaght- Several explosions ripped through Iraqi capital of Baghdad killing at least 11 people and injuring many others on Sunday.
The first explosion hit Kamaliya neighborhood on southern Baghdad killing three people and injuring eight others as a car bomb exploded in the region, an unnamed Iraqi security source told al-Mawazin news agency.
In another incident, two civilians died and eight others were injured when an improvised explosive device went off near a commercial district in the town of Abu Ghraib, some 25 kilometers west of Baghdad.
The third attack hit northern Baghdad as a car bomb exploded in the Sadr City region killing one civilian and injuring five others.
Also on Sunday, a bomb exploded as a car was travelling along Muhammad Qasim road in eastern Baghdad, leaving one person dead and three others injured. The explosive device had apparently been placed under the vehicle.
Earlier, a civilian was killed and three others injured when a car rigged with explosives was detonated in the al-Obaidi neighborhood of eastern Baghdad.
Separately, four people were injured when a bomb attack struck the capital's northern neighborhood of Sha'ab.
Elsewhere in the town of Hawijah, located about 282 kilometers north of the capital, two civilians were killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion that targeted displaced families.
An improvised explosive device also went off in farming lands southwest of the city of Baqubah, located some 50 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, leaving one civilian dead and another injured.
According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 1,120. Violence also claimed the lives of 672 members of the Iraqi security forces. A great portion of the fatalities was recorded in the capital province of Baghdad, where 268 civilians were killed.
