Iraq officials: car bombs across Iraq kill 36, wound dozens

October 05, 2015 23:41

A series of car bombings across Iraq today killed at least 36 people and wounded dozens as the government continued its efforts to combat extremism across the country.

The largest bombing took place in the Shiite-majority town of al-Khales in Iraq's eastern Diyala province. At least 12 people were killed in the attack and 30 were wounded when the car bomb tore through a commercial street, a police official said.

In Iraq's southern Basra province, a senior security official said a car bomb exploded in the busy commercial district of a suburb near the city killing 10 people. Jabar al-Saadi, head of security for Basra province, said the

bombing happened in the town of al-Zubair today, 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Basra. At least 25 people were wounded in the attack.

In the capital, Baghdad, police said at least 14 people were killed and 25 wounded when a car bomb exploded in the northeastern neighborhood of Husseiniya.

Hospital officials corroborated the death tolls. The officials spoke anonymously as they are not authorized to brief the media.

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