Deadly Blasts in Iraq Kill 44, Wound 150

A string of bombings in Iraq killed 44 and left another 155 people wounded on Thursday.

A restaurant said to be full of laborers was the target of two attacks in the central city of Hilla on Thursday.

According to al-Jazeera, a roadside bomb followed by a car bomb killed 35 and injured 80 people, according to security and hospital sources.

In the holy city of Karbala, a car bomb killed four and left another 16 people wounded. The bomber parked the vehicle near the entrance of the Hazrat Abbas (PBUH) shrine.

Thursday’s attacks marked the second wave of bombings this week after three car bombs exploded near the Shiite holy places in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding 50.

Elsewhere in the country, two bombs targeted security forces in Fallujah and Mosul. East of Mosul city, a car bomb killed two, including a police officer, near a police checkpoint. Another two civilians were wounded in the blast.

In central Fallujah, a suicide bomber walked up to a bank and killed three army soldiers when he detonated his explosive vest. Another eight were wounded in the line of soldiers queued up to receive their monthly salaries at the time of the attack.

Having dismantled a car bomb in the region, police have sealed off the green zone and areas lead to it.