Nine people were wounded in bomb attacks in Baghdad on Monday, including twin bomb explosions targeting an Iraqi deputy minister who escaped unhurt, an Interior Ministry source said, Xinhua reported.
Two roadside bombs went off coordinately near the convoy of Mahdi Dhamad, a deputy of Iraqi agriculture minister, while passing the Gailani Intersection in downtown Baghdad in the morning, wounding one of his bodyguards and four civilians, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Dhamad escaped the attack unhurt, while one of his convoy's vehicles was damaged by the blasts, the source said.
In a separate incident, three civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad southwestern district of Baiyaa, the source added.
Meanwhile, a policeman was wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near his patrol near Beirut Square in Palestine Street in eastern the capital, he said.
The attacks came a day after a wave of bomb attacks in the country targeted the government-backed anti-Qaida paramilitary groups killed 51 and wounded some 50 others.
Sporadic attacks have still been common in the Iraqi cities more than four months after the country held its landmark parliamentary election which is widely expected to shape the political landscape of the war-torn country.