Three car bombings in Mosul, northern Iraq, killed 16 people, security and health officials said.
At least 21 people were killed in car bombings on Friday in Iraq, most of them in the eastern part of the city of Mosul, recently recaptured from the Islamic State extremist militia.
Three car bombings in Mosul, northern Iraq, killed 16 people, security and health officials said.
Among the dead were 10 civilians and six security personnel.
The attacks took place in three different areas of eastern Mosul.
The area was retaken by Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air power, from Islamic State in January.
Meanwhile, in Baghdad a car bomb went off next to a gas station, killing five people and injuring 11.
The blast took place near a shopping area in the western part of the city.
So far, there had been no claim of responsibility for the bombings.
Islamic State previously took credit for similar attacks in Iraq.
Iraqi forces are bracing themselves for a new offensive aimed at liberating the western part of Mosul that is still under Islamic State’s control.
The al-Qaeda splinter group seized large chunks of Iraq’s territory, including Mosul, in a 2014 blitz.
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