Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood of eastern Baghdad on May 20, 2013.
At least four people have been killed and 23 injured by separate attacks targeting security forces across Iraq, according to police sources.
On Sunday morning, a militant drove his explosive-laden car into the entrance gate of the police headquarters in Baghdad’s northern district of Kadhmiyah, killing four guards and injuring 17 people, Xinhua reported.
Hours later, a roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in the town of Saqlawiyah, some 50 kilometers west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, leaving two policemen wounded.
In northern Iraq, a senior police official survived a roadside bomb attack in western the city of Mosul, about 400 kilometers north of Baghdad. However, two of his security guards were injured in the attack
Meanwhile, two policemen were injured when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the town of Qaiyarra, nearly 50 kilometers south of Mosul.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the bombings bear the hallmarks of al-Qaeda-linked militants in Iraq, who are seeking to destabilize the central government.
There has recently been an upsurge in violence across Iraq, and the authorities say Qatar and Saudi Arabia have had a hand in some of the incidents.
On June 1, the United Nations said that a total of 1,045 people were killed and 2,397 injured in violent incidents in Iraq in the month of May.
On May 30, UN envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler warned that Å“systemic violence is ready to explode at any moment.”
He also urged Iraq’s political leaders to Å“engage immediately to pull the country out of this mayhem.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said that militant groups and the remnants of the former Baâ„¢athist regime are responsible for the latest wave of violence.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV