Wave of attacks mars election day

BAGHDAD - Residents of Iraq’s capital turn out for the election but voting is also marred by a spate of mortar and suicide attacks, although many bombers fail to reach the interior of polling stations.

* Over a dozen people are killed in a spate of suicide bombing attacks mostly aimed at polling stations.

* The deadliest attack is a suicide bombing outside a polling centre in Baghdad, which kills seven civilians and two policemen.