BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomb attack near a military base north of Baghdad and another blast near a market in the Iraqi capital killed at least nine people Thursday, police said. Both explosions occurred at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT).
The attack by a bus station in Taji, a town just north of Baghdad that is home to one of Iraq’s largest military bases, killed at least five people and wounded 12, a police colonel said.
Another car bomb explosion in the capital’s mostly Shiite neighbourhood Baghdad Jadida killed at least four people, the same source said.
A Baghdad health official confirmed the casualty tolls but warned they could rise.
There was no immediate claim for the blasts but the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for nearly all such attacks in recent months.
