New wave of car bombings and shooting kills 24 in Iraq

At least 24 people have been killed and dozens more were wounded after 10 apparently coordinated car bombings and a shooting took place across Iraq.

Police say most of Sunday’s car bombs hit Shia-majority areas, killing 20.

The blasts hit cities and towns in the south and centre of the country: Basra, Kut, Nasiriyah, Hillah, Najaf, Mahmoudiya and Madain.

The shooting happened near the restive northern city of Mosul. Police officials say gunmen attacked police guarding a remote stretch of an oil pipeline, killing four and wounding five.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.