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Separate attacks in Iraq's Baghdad kill at least 26

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14-01-2014 | 06:18

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Separate attacks in Iraq's Baghdad kill at least 26

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Residents of Baghdad were on Tuesday assessing the damage caused by a wave of explosions that rocked several locations overnight, killing at least 26 people across the country.

Police officials said the deadliest of the explosions in Iraq took place on Monday night, when a car bomb went off near a market in Baghdad's northeastern district of Shaab, killing 10 people including three policemen and wounding 13 others.

Several other explosions rocked the city on Monday, killing 12 people.

Near the city of Fallujah, army artillery shelled a village overnight, killing four civilians, hospital officials said.

Medics in nearby hospital confirmed the death toll for all attacks.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to release the information.

The series of attacks occurred while the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on a visit aimed at urging leaders to tackle the issues driving fighting in a western province, where the army is in a standoff with al-Qaeda-linked fighters.

Ban expressed deep concern over the violence hitting Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province.

Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribesmen in Anbar have been battling al-Qaeda fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant but have yet to recapture the city of Fallujah or parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi.

Thousands of families have left the areas in the province, fearing a government offensive.

Clashes between militants and security forces have killed least 60 people since the violence erupted after the 28 December arrest of a Sunni lawmaker sought on extremism charges and the dismantling of an anti-government Sunni protest camp in Ramadi.

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