At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded, including women and children, when bombs exploded on two buses near Iraq's southern city of Kut on Monday. "Sticky bombs were attached to two buses and 10 people were killed," police lieutenant Mohammed Fadhil said. "Nineteen people were wounded."
The first bomb exploded 15 kilometers north of Kut, causing eight deaths and leaving eight wounded. The second blast occurred half an hour later 40 kilometers north of the southern city, the regional capital of Wasit province, leading to two deaths and 11 wounded, according to Fadhil. "Women and children are among the casualties," he said.
An official at Al Zahra hospital confirmed that it had received 10 bodies and was treating 19 wounded.
The latest attacks come amid mounting concern about Iraq's security situation and less than a week after two massive truck bombings left at least 95 people dead and about 600 wounded in Baghdad.
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