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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. |