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Five people have been killed and 30 others injured in two bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, police have said. Ten people have been killed and at least 39 hurt in two bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, police have said.
The first blast hit a mixed Shia and Sunni area in north-western Baghdad; the second bomb exploded outside a passport office, killing four people. The first blast targeted a police patrol in north-western Baghdad. The second bomb exploded outside a passport office, killing nine people.
In other violence in the Iraqi capital, a colonel in the traffic police was shot dead on his way to work. Twenty bodies have also been discovered in Baghdad over the last day, the interior ministry has said.
The attacks came a day after the police found 60 bodies in different parts of the city in just 24 hours. The discovery comes a day after police found the bodies of 60 people in different parts of the Iraqi capital.
More than 20 people were also killed in a series of attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday. In other violence on Thursday, a colonel in the traffic police was shot dead on his way to work in Baghdad.
Two US soldiers were also killed in separate attacks, the US military said.