Deadly Bombings Kill at Least 6 in Iraq

The first blast took place near the home of a provincial official from the Turkman minority in Tuz Khurmato town on Friday, police Colonel Hussein Al Bayati told AFP.

About 50 people -- among them women and children -- were injured and six others died due to the explosion. Several surrounding houses were also severely damaged as a result of the blast.

In another car bomb incident in Baquba, the home of police Captain Mustafa Al Tamimi was targeted. The explosion left 32 people, mostly women or children, wounded.

More than seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, bombings and shootings still remain common occurrences across the country.