Five civilians have been dead and 21 others injured across the eastern and northern parts of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in seven terrorist explosions in different neighborhoods.
The separate terrorist blasts occurred on Monday and the Daesh terrorist group is suspected.
Two people were killed and four others wounded in an explosion in the Kasra-Wa-Atash district of eastern Baghdad while another blast caused by an explosive trap in the Saba’ Qosour area of the same part of the city left one civilian killed and injured three more.
Another blast in the Ur neighborhood in eastern Baghdad led to the wounding of three residents. One person was also killed and three others injured when a magnetic bomb exploded inside a vehicle on Qanat street in the Ziona district of eastern Baghdad.
Moreover, another explosive trap was detonated beneath the al-Banouk Bridge in the Cairo neighborhood of northern Baghdad, leaving one person killed and another civilian wounded.
The report further added that, in a similar incident in the New Baghdad neighborhood east of the capital, two more people had been injured.
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The explosion of another magnetic bomb in the Zafarania area of southeastern Baghdad also left an individual wounded. Four other civilians were injured in the Mashtal neighborhood east of the city when an explosive device was set off by terrorist.
The terror attacks in the Iraqi capital came following a brief lull in deadly bombings there as Iraqi troops continue to battle Daesh militants in their offensive to recapture Mosul and other areas from the Takfiri terror group.
Iraqi airstrikes kill dozens of Daesh terrorists near Syria border
Dozens of Daesh terrorists have been killed after Iraqi aircraft pounded the positions of the Tafkiri militants near the border with Syria, the Iraqi army says.
Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) confirmed in a statement on Thursday that the Iraqi Air Force had carried out two strikes on al-Qa'im the previous day.
According to the command, the first airstrike targeted a two-storey building housing 25, mostly foreign militants, led by a commander named as Abu Maysar al-Kawkazi from the Caucasus region.
Among the foreign militants who are operating in Syria and Iraq, there is a significant number of Chechens and other extremists from North Caucasus, who were previously fighting against Russian security forces.
The JOC noted that the second strike hit a hideout hosting 30 to 40 Daesh Takfiri terrorists, also mostly foreigners.
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The statement strongly rejected allegations that the air force had targeted civilians in the Daesh-held area of al-Qa'im, describing the claims as propaganda by the Takifiri terrorist group.
Amaq, a news outlet affiliated to Daesh, released a video late Wednesday, claiming that dozens of civilians had died in air attacks by Iraqi jets.
The JOC has said a blast there was caused by a car bomb that either went off accidentally or was detonated by Daesh terrorists for propaganda purposes.
Iraqi officials have called for a thorough investigation into the air raids. Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri has said those responsible for the tragedy must be brought to justice, and receive due punishment.
The airstrikes came as government forces and their allies pushed ahead with a multipronged operation to flush Daesh extremists out of Mosul, which serves as their last stronghold in Iraq.
