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A series of car bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has killed at least eight people and injured dozens of others, police say.A series of car bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has killed at least eight people and injured dozens of others, police say.
Three attacks appeared to target police while the fourth bomb went off near a teacher training college, they said.Three attacks appeared to target police while the fourth bomb went off near a teacher training college, they said.
Earlier in Baghdad, two bombs hit the convoy of a senior interior ministry official, killing seven people.Earlier in Baghdad, two bombs hit the convoy of a senior interior ministry official, killing seven people.
The attacks are the latest in a surge of violence of all types in Iraq during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.The attacks are the latest in a surge of violence of all types in Iraq during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Kirkuk - an ethnically mixed city 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad - was the scene of a major security operation by Iraqi and US forces last weekend.Kirkuk - an ethnically mixed city 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad - was the scene of a major security operation by Iraqi and US forces last weekend.
Confusion
Police said Sunday's bombs went off at five-minute intervals, and that two of them were suicide attacks.Police said Sunday's bombs went off at five-minute intervals, and that two of them were suicide attacks.
Sources told the BBC the city's chief of emergency police and chief of city police were injured and some of their guards killed in two of the bombings.Sources told the BBC the city's chief of emergency police and chief of city police were injured and some of their guards killed in two of the bombings.
In a third incident, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol.In a third incident, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol.
The fourth device went off near a college, but Reuters news agency said police thought the target was a nearby Iraqi security headquarters.The fourth device went off near a college, but Reuters news agency said police thought the target was a nearby Iraqi security headquarters.
Correspondents say there is confusion over the casualty figures, with some reports saying 11 people died.Correspondents say there is confusion over the casualty figures, with some reports saying 11 people died.
In Baghdad, Sunday's bombing killed five passers-by and two security men.In Baghdad, Sunday's bombing killed five passers-by and two security men.
The interior ministry's head of finance, Hala Shakr Salim, survived the attack as her motorcade drove through the eastern district of Mustansiriya.The interior ministry's head of finance, Hala Shakr Salim, survived the attack as her motorcade drove through the eastern district of Mustansiriya.
There has also been a spate of sectarian killings over the weekend in the city of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) west of Baghdad.
A curfew was imposed after more than 20 Sunnis were killed - in what is thought most likely to be revenge for the earlier killing and decapitation of 17 Shias.
Military losses mount
Separately, it was announced that five US soldiers died on Saturday - four in two incidents in Baghdad, the fifth in Fallujah to the west.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says this brings to about 50 the number of US military personnel killed in Iraq so far this month - the highest number of deaths they have suffered in any month since January 2005.