Twenty people were killed and 10 wounded in two roadside bombs in Wasit province, south of Iraqi capital Baghdad, a local police source said, Xinhua reported.
The source said that two car bomb attacks targeted two buses in Kut, the capital city of Wasit province, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad. The blasts killed 20 and wounded 10 others.
Security forces intensified anti-terrorist efforts after a series of deadly bombings in center Baghdad last week targeting Iraqi Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign affairs, killing and wounding nearly 1,300 people, the most fatal attacks in 18 months.
An apparent attack resurge in recent days raised fears that more violence would follow last week's deadly strikes in the Iraqi capital, casting shadow and uncertainties for the fragile security situation in the war-torn state.
Roadside attacks kill 20 in Iraq
