Baghdad - Iraqi officials say two separate bombings have killed nine people in Baghdad, the latest victims in near-daily attacks that have targeted the country's capital.
Police officials say a bomb at an outdoor market in the southern district of Abu Dashir, a mostly Shi’a neighbourhood, killed four people and wounded nine on Tuesday.
They say a little bit later, a bomb blast near a small restaurant in central Baghdad killed five people and wounded 12.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to the media.
Iraq has been plunged into its worst crisis since the US troops left at the end of 2011 in the wake of the blitz by the Islamic State militants this summer. - Sapa-AP