Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq kill 32, injure over 100

Such deadly attacks are seen as apparent attempts by insurgent groups to stir up sectarian strife among Iraqis to push the country to the brink of a civil war, amid persistent political divisions that have already paralyzed the country's government.
One of the attacks targeted a residential area inhabited by an ethnic Shiite minority named al-Shabak when a car bomb ripped through their village of Tahir-Awa, some 30 km east of Mosul, killing seven of them and wounding 14 others. Most of the victims are women and children.
In a separate incident, two roadside bombs detonated almost simultaneously in a nearby village without causing human casualty.
The Iraqi Shabak people are living in villages in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, particularly around the provincial capital city of Mosul, some 400 km north of the country's capital Baghdad.
Meanwhile, five people were killed and 25 wounded in two car bomb explosions at a residential area in the city of Tuz-Khurmato, some 200 north of Baghdad.
Separately, three policemen, including an officer, were killed and three others wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol with a bomb and gunfire on a main road near the village of Albu-Slaibi close to the town of Dhuluiyah, some 90 km north of Baghdad.
In a separate incident, a booby-trapped car went off near a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims and travelling south of the town of Dujail, some 60 km north of Baghdad, wounding 14 Iranians, the source said.
The blast also destroyed nearby cars and killed two Iraqi civilians.
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Source: Xinhua