An Iraqi man inspects a burnt-out vehicle at the site of a car bomb explosion in the Hurriyah area of eastern Baghdad on July 3, 2013. <\/p>\n
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At least 5 people have been killed and 20 others injured in separate attacks in Iraq, according to Iraqi security sources.\n<\/p>\n
On Thursday evening, a bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a police patrol vehicle in Tuz Khurmatu, 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad.\n<\/p>\n
The attack killed two policemen and injured 19 people — 15 civilians and four policemen, said Shalal Abdool, the mayor of Tuz Khormato.\n<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, in a southeastern neighborhood of Baghdad, unidentified gunmen fired upon a moving car, leaving one physician dead and another injured, a police official said.\n<\/p>\n
Also on Thursday, a female medical doctor was shot dead while travelling in her car in the Zafaraniyah district in southern Baghdad, the police official stated, adding that a school security guard was also killed by gunmen in the same district.\n<\/p>\n
The incidents are the latest in a string of attacks across Iraq that have left more than 2,000 people dead since the beginning of April.\n<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, bombings and shootings killed at least 17 people across the country.\n<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a wave of attacks in Iraq, mostly targeting Shia Muslims, killed some 56 people and injured dozens more.\n<\/p>\n
On Monday, 33 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two bomb attacks in the country.\n<\/p>\n
On June 30, a bomb attack targeting football players and their fans in Iraq killed twelve people and injured dozens of others in the Nahrawan neighborhood of southeast Baghdad.\n<\/p>\n
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