String of bombings in Baghdad leaves 2 dead, 13 wounded

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The toll from a series of bombings that hit different areas in Baghdad on Wednesday has so far stood at two deaths and 13 wounded, according to the Interior Ministry.

The latest explosion rocked the Kasra and Atash area east of Baghdad when an IED planted on the side of a road went off, leaving four civilians wounded, according to a statement by the ministry’s Baghdad Operations Command.

Another explosive device exploded in Saba Qosour, also in eastern Baghdad, but left no casualties, said the command.

Two civilians were killed earlier and four others were wounded when a sticky bombs exploded beneath two passenger buses at the Army Canal road east of the capital. Another bomb also wounded two others at Jisr al-Bonouk in al-Qahera in the north.

Three civilians were also injured in another explosion in Hayy Ur, east of the capital.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said recently that violence during November claimed the lives of 926 civilians and wounded 930 people.

Violence surged across Iraq as Islamic State militants captured several Iraqi cities in 2014, and continues even as the group is sustaining defeats during a current wide-scale campaign by Iraqi forces and tribal militias.

Observers believe ISIS have begun to target several areas across Iraq to divert security focus on Mosul, where the group fights to defend its last bastion in Iraq under the brunt of continuous advancements by Iraqi government and popular troops.