Two people were killed and 22 others injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.
A roadside bomb struck a police patrol near the Shaab Football Stadium in eastern Baghdad, killing a policeman and a civilian and wounding three policemen and three civilians, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The blast damaged a police vehicle and several nearby civilian cars, the source said.
Separately, a twin roadside bomb explosions went off outside the Nahrain printery near Uqba Bin Nafie Square in Karrada district in central Baghdad on Monday morning, wounding 12 employees of the printing establishment owned by the Iraqi Central Bank, the source added.
Also in the day, four people were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad.
Despite security gains in recent months in Iraq, there are still sporadic bombings, which shape setback to the Iraqi government.
Source: Xinhua
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