At least five people were killed today in attacks in Iraq, while authorities continued to find more mutilated bodies in and around Baghdad – likely victims of the sectarian death squads that roam the capital area.

A car bomb killed five people today and wounded another 34 after it exploded near a restaurant in central Baghdad, police said.

Police have found 60 bodies scattered around the Iraqi capital, the majority dumped in predominantly Sunni Arab areas of Baghdad.

Bomb blasts, rocket and gunfire killed at least 10 people and injured 23 in the Iraqi capital today, police said.