At least 9 dead and 40 wounded in two bomb attacks in northern Iraq

At least nine people were killed and forty wounded in two bomb attacks perpetrated in northern Iraq, the day after a string of attacks that would end the lives of more than eighty people in the country. Police sources told Efe that the outbreak of a motorcycle bomb a patrol of Kurdish security forces in Al Tuz, 200 miles north of Baghdad, killing six policemen and wounding two policemen and three civilians .In the second attack, three civilians were killed and 35 wounded by the explosion of a car bomb in the Al Mualemin, north of Baquba, 65 kilometers northeast of the capital. The two explosions caused major damage in the surrounding buildings and vehicles parked nearby, according to sources, who pointed out that in the first vehicle was completely destroyed Kurdish Police. On the other hand, an officer was killed and three wounded in an attack by gunmen in the Al Hadid, 10 km northwest of Baquba. Also near this city, another police officer died and two were wounded when a bomb exploded at the passing of his car in the area of ​​Al Tahrir. These events occur after yesterday at least 84 people died and nearly 300 were injured in various attacks around the country, in one of the bloodiest days of the last two years. Iraq is the scene of a spike in violence, with frequent attacks on Shiite targets and security forces since last December withdrawal of U.S. troops.