Six people were killed and 27 injured in three bombings in Baghdad on Monday, security and hospital officials said, just days before US troops must pull out of Iraq's cities.
In the capital's sprawling Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City, a roadside bomb hit a minibus, killing three university students who were on their way to write their final exams.
Twelve other students and the minibus driver were also injured in the morning rush-hour attack.
A woman and a four-year-old child were also killed and four others injured when a bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Shaab, northeast Baghdad, hospital officials said.
In the bustling commercial neighbourhood of Karrada in the centre of the capital, a car bombing killed one person and injured 10.
The bombings were the latest bloody attacks in the runup to the planned pullout of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities by June 30.
Violence has dropped markedly in Iraq in recent months, with May seeing the lowest Iraqi death toll since the 2003 invasion. But attacks remain common, particularly in Baghdad and the main northern city of Mosul.
Source: AFP Global Edition
