Baghdad, February 5 (RHC)-- At least 16 people have been killed in a series of bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

According to Iraqi security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday, in the deadliest blast, two car bombs went off outside Iraq's Foreign Ministry building in Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others.

Five people were killed and 12 others injured in another bomb attack which hit a restaurant in the capital on the same day. Four more people lost their lives and eight others suffered injuries in a car bomb attack which rocked Khilani Square in Baghdad's commercial center.

The incidents are the latest in a string of attacks across Iraq that have left hundreds of people dead since the beginning of this year. According to the figures, compiled by Iraq's ministries of health, interior and defense, 1,013 people were killed in January, including 795 civilians, 122 soldiers and 96 policemen. The death toll is the highest since April 2008 when 1,073 people were killed.