Baghdad - Two separate bombings in Baghdad's mainly Sunni Muslim Adhamiya district on Sunday killed a total of eight people and wounded 29, police said.

One of the blasts was caused by a bomb in a parked car, which killed five people and wounded 15. The second bomb, which killed three people and wounded 14, was attached to a motorcycle, police said.

Such attacks bear the hallmarks of Sunni Islamist insurgent groups such as al-Qaeda, which have often attacked Shi'a targets, but have also been known to attack Sunnis they perceive as being allied to Iraq's Shi'a-led government.

Violence has fallen sharply in Iraq in the past two years, but bombings, shootings and kidnappings remain common. - Reuters