Spate of Baghdad bombings kills at least 7

Aftermath of the latest Baghdad bombings A spate of bombings in Baghdad on Thursday killed at least seven people and wounded several more, security and medical officials told the al-Arabiya news agency. The news agency reported that the deadliest attack took place in the north Baghdad neighbourhood of Shuala, where a car bomb killed at least four people and wounded 14 others, an interior ministry official and a medic said.
Separate bombings also struck al-Amriyah, Ghazaliyah and Yarmuk in west Baghdad, and Dora in the south of the capital, all between 08:00am (05:00am GMT) and 09:00am, AFP reported.
An interior ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, put the overall toll at seven killed and 37 wounded, while a medical official said seven people were killed and 14 wounded.
Differing tolls are common in the chaotic aftermath of attacks in Iraq.
Al-Arabiya, reports that violence in Iraq has declined dramatically since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, especially in Baghdad. A total of 126 Iraqis were killed in violence in April, according to official figures.
Last week, attacks north of Baghdad killed four people, including three soldiers who died in a bombing, security and medical officials said.
Among the violence, a roadside bomb against an Iraqi army patrol in the town of Badush, just outside the main northern city of Mosul, killed three soldiers, police lieutenant Salam al-Juburi said.
Another bomb attack and a shooting in the town of Abu Saidah, in restive central Diyala province, left one labourer dead and five people, including a soldier, wounded.
In the shooting, gunmen opened fire on a truck carrying workers, killing one and wounding four others, according to a police major and Ahmed Ibrahim, a doctor at the main hospital in the provincial capital Diyala.
A separate roadside bomb exploded close to a passing Iraqi army patrol, leaving one soldier wounded, the major and a medic said.
Two more roadside bombs near the home of a Kurdish family in Jalawla, also in Diyala, left two young men wounded, they said.