12 killed as blasts rock Baghdad

Five roadside bombs and two suicide car bombs exploded one after another in Baghdad today, killing a total of 12 Iraqis and wounding 37, police said.

The first two roadside bomb attacks occurred in separate areas of Palestine Street, a main thoroughfare in eastern Baghdad. The first one hit a police patrol wounding two policemen and four bystanders, said police Maj Maher Mohamed. The second one missed a police patrol but hit a civilian bus, killing five people, including a woman and two children, and wounding a police officer, said police Lt. Ali Mitaab.