Three bombs detonated in Baghdad on Monday, killing nine people and wounding a further 26, according to reports by the police and medics on site.
The largest explosion was a parked car bomb in the Saydiya district of southern Baghdad; the blast killed six and wounded 18, the sources said.
Ground explosions in Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, killed two and wounded six, while a roadside bomb in Khalisa, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of the city, left one dead and two wounded.
