Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Tobjee in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 21, 2013.
At least 18 people have been killed and several others injured in separate attacks across Iraq, according to security and medical officials.
All of the deadly incidents occurred on Sunday, a day after 12 car bombs exploded in Baghdadâ„¢s predominantly Shia districts, leaving dozens of people dead.
In the deadliest attack on Sunday, unidentified gunmen shot dead five members of the Kurdish security forces known as peshmerga at a checkpoint near Kirkuk, about 290 kilometers north of Baghdad.
In other deadly incidents, a bomb killed three people near a fish market in Taji, some 20 kilometers north of Baghdad, and a second bomb targeted the house of a government-backed militia leader, killing three of his relatives.
A roadside bomb killed two policemen and injured two more in the town of Al-Wajihiyah, also north of Baghdad, and another bomb went off in the garden of a house in Besmayah, southeast of the capital, killing two and wounding four members of a family.
In the southern city of Hilla, gunmen killed a Muslim preacher (Imam) near his home.
In other attack on security forces, gunmen shot dead two soldiers in the northern city of Mosul.
The incidents are the latest in a string of attacks across Iraq that have left more than 2,800 people dead since the beginning of April.
According to AFP, in the first 12 days of Ramadan, some 340 people have lost their lives in violence across Iraq.
“The holy month of Ramadan should be a time for spirituality and forgiveness instead of increasing violence and division,” United Nations Iraq envoy Martin Kobler said in a statement.
“I am deeply saddened that my last words as the SRSG (UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative) for Iraq have to be linked to violence and criminal acts,” Kobler said.
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Republished with permission from: Press TV