Khyber News

BAGHDAD: A spate of attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed at least 45 people on Monday, security and medical officials said, in an updated toll of earlier attacks.

At least 112 people were wounded in the shootings and bombings, totaling more than a dozen separate attacks, some of which involved coordinated explosions, shattering a relative calm in recent weeks.

The deadliest attack struck the town of Taji, just north of Baghdad, where 18 people were killed and 29 wounded in a series of explosions.

All of the attacks were either in Baghdad or north of the capital.

Meanwhile, fifteen Iraqi troops were killed when unknown men opened fire on an army base. Since morning, at least 107 people lost their lives in well coordinated attacks which struck different parts of the country. -- Agencies