Attacks across Iraq kill at least 15 people

June 02, 2014 04:31 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 01:12 pm IST - BAGHDAD

Attacks across Iraq have killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens, officials said.

Police officials said a parked car bomb ripped through a commercial area in the southern city of Najaf on Monday, killing six civilians and wounding 13.

A suicide car bomber struck an Army checkpoint in the town of Mishahda, killing three soldiers and two civilians, and wounding 14 people.

Attacks on busy commercial areas in the city of Nasiriyah and the towns of Iskandariyah and Mahmoudiyah killed four people and wounded 31.

Medical officials confirmed the causality figures.

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