(KUNA) -- At least 16 Iraqis were either killed or injured when a booby-trapped car exploded at a headquarters for Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) near Mosul city, northern Iraq, said a statement by the Party Thursday. The KDP source told KUNA that private properties in the area have suffered from damages due to the bombing.Meanwhile, a source at Kirkuk's police said that a cafe in the city was subjected to an attack, leaving five citizens injured. The source also indicated that a human head was found near Al-Huwaija court southwest of Kirkuk, adding that when police tried to pick up the object a bomb went off but fortunately no casualties were reported. The head belonged to Ali Ahmad, a food supplies driver for the Iraqi army who was kidnapped two days ago on Huwaija.
In Baghdad, three citizens were killed in separate attacks. The police revealed the deaths occurred when a car detonated near a Bank in southern Baghdad which left one person dead while three others were injured. The other casualties took place when mortar shells targeted Abu Dashir area south of the capital, resulting in the two deaths in addition to the injury of 11 citizens.
Also in the capital, four Iraqis were killed and ten others were injured when a booby-trapped car exploded in Al-Hussein square.