Bomb blasts kill 2, injure 18 in Iraq

As violence continues in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a series of blasts have killed two civilians and injured several others.The worst attack was in the central district of al-Ghadir, where a homemade bomb killed two people and injured three others, police and interior ministry officials said on Thursday.

A total of ten explosions took place across Baghdad on Thursday inflicting injuries to 15 other civilians, the interior ministry reported. The attacks were not simultaneous but clearly appeared to be coordinated and took place within an hour, AFP reported.

The attackers used a combination of grenades and simple homemade bombs. In at least two cases, police found additional unexploded bombs at the scene of the explosion, the report said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.