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Bomb attacks in Iraq kill at least 35

BAGHDAD, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Several bomb attacks across Iraq killed at least 35 people and wounded scores more, authorities said.

An Interior Ministry official said least 28 people died, including lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi, in a suicide bombing attack in a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad Sunday, CNN reported. At least 37 others were wounded in the attack.

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North of the Iraqi capital, two people were killed and five wounded when a bomb exploded near a Sunni mosque in Tarmiyah, the government spokesman said.

A bomb explosion Sunday killed two people in the Baghdad's Jadriya neighborhood, the Interior spokesman said.

In separate incidents, three people died in attacks by gunmen, officials said.

Six people, including four police officers were injured Monday in two bomb explosions in southeast Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq reported.

Officials told Aswat al-Iraq the bombings targeted a police patrol in the Zafaraniyah area.

Six roadside bombs exploded in Mosul's center, wounding five police officers and two civilians, officials said. On the highway that links Mosul to Syria, a roadside bomb exploded, injuring two members of an Iraqi army convoy, CNN reported.

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