An angry mob killed a 16-year-old and strung up the body by its feet from a traffic pole after the teenager shot and killed six people, including four anti-government protesters, Iraqi officials said.

Bomb blasts in two areas of Iraq today left at least 49 people dead and dozens more wounded.

A parked car exploded near a market in central Baghdad on today, killing at last 11 people and wounding about 40, police said.