Two bombings targeting Shias killed seven people in Baghdad on Saturday.
Police officials said the first attack took place Saturday morning when a bomb exploded near a market in the Shia section of the town of Mahmoudiya, killing five people and wounding 12.
Mahmoudiya is 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital.
Later Saturday, police said a bomb attached to a mini-bus exploded in the capital’s northeastern suburb of Husseiniyah, killing two passengers and wounding nine.
Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Islamic militants frequently attacks Shias whom they consider as heretics.
