Attacks in Iraq, including cafe bombing, kill 15
May 09, 2014  02:35
A series of attacks in Iraq, including a bomb blast at a cafe in a Baghdad suburb, killed 15 people today, Iraqi officials said. 

The deadliest of the day's attacks was the cafe bombing, which struck in the evening hours inside a small cafe in the capital's northeastern suburb of Husseiniyah, killing four people and wounding eight, police officials said. 

Two hours later, a bomb went off in a commercial street in Baghdad's southern district of Dora, killing two people and wounded five. Later police said a bomb targeted a wedding party in Baghdad's Abu Dashir neighbourhood, killing three people and wounding seven. 

Earlier in the day, a roadside bomb exploded near an outdoor market in the town of Youssifiyah, about 20 kilometres south of Baghdad, killing three people and wounding nine. 

Police also said a bomb went off near a security checkpoint in northeastern Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounded five people, including three civilians.
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