Iraq bomb attacks kill almost 60 across 12 cities
KUT, Iraq (AP) - A new wave of violence has ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities from the north to the south today, killing nearly 60 people.
Most of the deaths took place in the southern city of Kut, where twin explosions went off in a market. An official in the province says at least 35 people were killed, and another official says more than 60 were injured.
In restive Diyala province, a local health official says more than seven bombs went off in the capital of Baquba and towns nearby, killing five people.
Violence also struck the holy city of Najaf, where a suicide car bomber drove into a police checkpoint, killing two policemen and two civilians. And just outside Karbala, three policemen were killed when a car bomb went off.
There were attacks in other cities today, ending what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan.
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