By Xinhua,
Baghdad : Two people were killed and 23 others injured in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Baghdad on Monday morning, an Interior Ministry source said.
In central Baghdad, bodyguards in convoy of Iraqi minister of Displacement and Migration, opened fire for unknown reason on civilian cars in a crowded street in the Alawi area, killing a woman and wounding six people, the source told Xinhua on condition anonymity.
The source could not tell whether the minister Abdul Samad Rahman was in the convoy, as the convoy did not stop and left the scene.
The ministry has no immediate comment on the incident.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb struck a police patrol near the Wathiq Square in Karradah neighborhood in central Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding a policeman and a civilian, the source said.
Another roadside bomb went off at the Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, wounding 11 people, the source added.
Separately, gunmen opened fire on a truck carrying employees of the Iraqi Trade Ministry, wounding three women employees and their driver, he said.
Sporadic attacks continue in Baghdad despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials’ announcement of a relative lull in violence during the past months.