BAGHDAD: A series of bombings across Baghdad were the deadliest in a spate of nationwide attacks that killed 47 people on Tuesday, as Iraq struggles with its worst violence since 2008.
At least eight car bombs and several roadside bombs struck the capital just before Iraqis broke their daytime Ramadan fast, the latest in brutal violence during the Muslim holy month that has left hundreds dead.
The blasts came barely two weeks after militants staged audacious raids on two prisons near Baghdad, freeing hundreds of inmates, including convicted jihadists, an operation claimed by an Al Qaeda front group.
In Baghdad, bombings hit a variety of targets including shops and a market, in mainly Sunni and mainly Shia districts as well as confessionally mixed neighbourhoods, from around 5:30 pm (local time).
In all, 31 people were killed and 120 wounded, security and medical officials said.
In the central commercial district of Karrada, a car bomb killed five people and badly damaged store fronts and a nearby vehicle, an AFP correspondent reported.
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