Wave of deadly bombings in Iraq

More than 30 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in a series of bomb attacks across Iraq.

There have been several blasts in Baghdad, including one in which 15 people died. At least 15 were killed in a suicide attack in Kut in the south.

One person was killed by a car bomb in Kirkuk, and there were explosions in Baghdad, Basra, Ramadi and Karbala.

The violence comes ahead of the withdrawal of US combat troops at end of the month.

In Baghdad:

• A suicide car bomb hit a police station in the north-east of the city, killing 15, 58 injured, most of them police
• A parked car bomb in the centre of the city near the Muthana Airport Highway killed two people and injured seven
• A device exploded in Haifa Street, injuring three people
• A device exploded in Karrada, injuring five people
• A device exploded in Ahmariyah in western Baghdad, targeted an army patrol, injuring three soldiers.

In other incidents:

• In Kut, a suicide car bomber attacked a police station, killing at least 15 people
• In Kirkuk, a car bomb killed one person and injured eight
• In Basra, a car exploded as police towed it from a parking lot, killing one person and injuring eight
• In Ramadi, a car exploded as alleged bombers were working on it, while a second car exploded about 1km away, injuring 12 people
• In Karbala, a suicide car bomb exploded at police checkpoint at the entrance to police station, injuring 30 people.