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SEVEN people died in Baghdad today after two car bombs were detonated in commercial areas of the city.
The deadliest attack took place in the predominantly Shiite Allawi district, where four civilians were killed and 12 wounded.
Casualties could have been much worse, but the area was not crowded because of a public holiday commemorating the 1958 anti-monarchy revolution.
A second vehicle packed with explosives blew up in Baghdad’s south-eastern Bayaa area, killing at least three people and wounding eight.
Baghdad has seen several small-scale bombings recently, since Sunni militants under the Islamic State (Isis) banner launched an offensive last month, overrunning much of northern and western Iraq.
The Isis push has slowed since its initial rapid gains, but the insurgents occupied the town of Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, on Sunday.
They seized the mayor’s office, police station, local council and courthouse and blew up a bridge linking the town with the predominantly Shiite city of Balad.
