Another four people were killed and 10 wounded in a similar attack in the southern neighbourhood of Zafaraniya.
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Today, around 19 people were killed after two vehicle bombs exploded in Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, as confirmed by the police.
According to police forces, the second auto bomb went off later on the day in the capital’s northern neighborhood of Sha’ab, killing at least eight people and injuring 22 others.
A hospital official corroborated the casualty figure. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief journalists.
The pro-government offensive tackled Islamic State militants near the western outpost of Haditha in a bid to secure a route to the nearby Ain al-Asad military base.
Bombings occur nearly daily in Baghdad, but violence has been relatively subdued in the capital since the height of sectarian fighting in 2006 and 2007.
Militants have used the area to strike the supply route to Ain al-Asad where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops.
A huge suicide auto bomb attack claimed by IS killed dozens of people in Khan Bani Saad, a town just north of Baghdad, on Friday.
But a medical source said the incident involved a auto bomb.
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The “target of the attacker was military forces that were present in the area, but the majority of the victims were innocent civilians”, deputy provincial police chief Baryalia Basharyar said.
