Nearly 40 people have lost their lives and over eighty more sustained injuries in a series of bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Press TV reported.
The first attack occurred when a terrorist blew a car bomb in the Adan square, close to the northwest neighborhood of Kadhimiya, home to the shrines of the seventh Shia Imam, Imam Musa ibn Jafar al-Kazim (PBUH) as well as Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (PBUH), the ninth Shia Imam.
The blast ripped through a checkpoint, claiming the lives of three guards and five civilians, who were passing through. Twenty-three others also sustained injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment.
The second bomb was detonated in the al-Askan district on a commercial street at dusk, as people were preparing to break their fast and eat iftar. The explosion killed at least four people and wounded 11 more.
A third blast took place when a roadside bomb was detonated on a commercial street in the al-Amal neighborhood, killing two people and injuring seven others.
In the northern Shaab neighborhood, a car bomb killed 10 people and wounded a number of others.
As people and police forces gathered in the area to inspect the scene of the car bomb attack, a terrorist detonated his explosive vest, leaving nine dead and 25 wounded.
A roadside bomb went off in the Banook district, in which, six people lost their lives and 15 more sustained injuries.