Iraqi firemen try to extinguish a fire at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad on May 27, 2013.
At least 28 people have been killed and many others have been injured in separate attacks in Iraq.
The deadliest attack, which took place in a commercial street in a northwestern neighborhood of Baghdad, killed 16 people and injured 42 others, security and medical sources said.
Many of those killed were at a wedding party that was passing by as the explosion occurred.
Two bomb blasts killed 9 people and wounded 15 others, while in the city of Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, an army brigadier general was shot dead at his home
In Baquba, located some 50 kilometers north of the capital, two roadside bombs exploded near a football pitch, killing one person and wounding nine others.
Gunmen also killed a militia leader near the northern city of Kirkuk, and a roadside bomb north of the city of Tikrit targeted the governor of Salaheddin province’s convoy, injuring four of his guards.
Violence has killed over 570 people in Iraq so far in May.
Violence has increased in Iraq since December 2011, when an arrest warrant was issued for fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who has been charged with running a death squad targeting Iraqi officials and Shia Muslims.
In response, the government has stepped up efforts to boost security across the country.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV