At least 15 people were killed and 46 others wounded in violent attacks in and around Iraq's capital Baghdad Monday, a police source said.
The deadliest attack occurred in the town of Mahmoudiyah, some 30 km south of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a market place, killing at least four people and wounding 15 others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Another car detonated in Mahmoudiyah, leaving a civilian dead and 11 others wounded, the source said.
In a separate incident, a car bomb went off at Baladiyat district in eastern Baghdad, leaving two people dead and nine injured.
Meanwhile, a fourth car bomb exploded in Baghdad's northern district of Hurriyah, killing up to four civilians and wounding nine others, the source said.
Separately, the police found four bodies at a house under construction in al-Furat district in southwestern Baghdad. The handcuffed victims were shot in the head and chest, the source said.
Also in the capital, two people were wounded when a gunman threw a hand grenade on a civilian car in Adhamiyah district in northern Baghdad, he added.
Iraq is witnessing its worst violence in recent years. According to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, a total of 8,868 Iraqis, including 7,818 civilians and civilian police personnel, were killed in 2013, the highest annual death toll in years.
