Deadly explosions hit multiple Iraqi cities

At least 12 killed and 38 hurt in bombings in Baghdad and near Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials.

Iraqi officials say at least eight people have been killed by a roadside bomb in central Iraq, near the town of Abu Ghraib, and four were killed in Baghdad after three explosions hit the city's central Tahrir Square.

An interior ministry official said on Saturday that a roadside improvised explosive device hit a minibus carrying labourers, killing eight people and wounding 13 others. A health official at Abu Ghraib general hospital confirmed the casualty figures.

The ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the road where the attack occurred is frequently used by the Iraqi armed forces.

A police source said that two bombs had exploded minutes apart in an area where construction workers gather in the Sunni village of al-Zaidan.
"It was a roadside bomb that went off near a pick-up carrying construction workers in Zobaa village west of Abu Ghraib," he said.

The interior ministry official also said that three bombs exploded in the Baab al-Sharqi area of central Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 25 others. More information was not immediately available

Violence has ebbed across Iraq, but deadly bombings and shootings still occur almost daily as US troops prepare to leave by the end of the year.

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