Bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital kill at least 70 people in one of the deadliest string of attacks which took its toll on Shia mosques among other places.
The explosions, which ripped through Baghdad on Friday, also injured more than 180 people according to Iraq's Interior Ministry, a PRESS TV correspondent reported.
Two of the explosions resulted from car bombs which respectively rocked a market in central Baghdad and the capital's suburban district of Sadr City, leaving scores of people dead.
A security official said a bomb had gone off near the office of senior Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, AFP reported.
Three other car bombs, which targeted Baghdad's Shia mosques, and an improvised explosive device were also detonated, leaving 11 dead and 50 others wounded.
Six people died when blasts hit the residence of a judge in the al-Anbar Province west of Baghdad. The judge escaped the attacks unharmed but two of his sons were wounded.
Violence continues to take its toll on the civilian population across Iraq, more than seven years after the 2003 US-led invasion of the strife-torn country. This is while the United States retains around 100,000 troops in Iraq.
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