Nine bombs exploded in and around the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killing a total of seven people and wounding eight.

Sources said three of the dead and two of the wounded were from the same family.

The deadliest single attack was in Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad, where a roadside bomb exploded near a market, killing at least four people and wounding 11.

And in Baghdad itself, gunmen armed with silenced weapons killed a justice ministry employee.