A slew of bomb attacks killed about 50 people in the Iraqi capital and a village in the north of the country on Wednesday, according to hospital and police sources cited by Reuters.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the strikes, but groups — mainly a branch of al Qaeda and other Sunni Muslim militants — often target civilians as well as Shiites and Iraqi security forces.
In the deadliest incident, a bomb blew up mourners at a funeral for a pro-government Sunni Muslim militiamen who died two days ago, police said. It killed 18 people and wounded 16 in Shatub, a village south of Baquba, Reuters reported.
Car bombs exploded across Baghdad, mostly in Shiite districts, killing 34 and wounding 71.
