Baghdad: At least 13 people were killed and wounded
as many as 30, when a string of car bomb went off near a police checkpoint, in
Iraq’s capital on Sunday, local authorities said.
The deadliest attack
was a series of car bombings in Taji, just north of the capital, Baghdad.
There has been no
immediate claim of responsibility for the deadly explosions.
Violence in Iraq has eased since its height
in 2006-2007 when sectarian fighting killed thousands of people, but Sunni
Islamists and an al Qaeda affiliate still launch regular attacks, seeking to
undermine the Shi’ite-led government.