Baghdad, April 15 (RHC)-- At least 20 Iraqis have reportedly lost their lives in a wave of bomb attacks in and around the capital, Baghdad. According to Iraqi police sources, at least seven Iraqi individuals lost their lives in a car bomb attack in a commercial area in the town of Mahmoudiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad.

As many as thirteen people who were in line to buy bread in the area, sustained injuries as well. Another four civilians were killed and 10 others suffered injuries in a separate bomb attack in a parking lot outside Baghdad’s Yarmouk hospital, police sources added.

Elsewhere in an outdoor market in Baghdad’s northern Sabi al-Bor area, at least three people were killed and eight others were wounded in a similar bomb attack. Two car bombs hit simultaneously al-Wihda area, in the southern outskirt of the capital, killing six civilians and wounding 13 others.