Baghdad area car bombs kill at least 37

BAGHDAD: Nine car bombs mainly targeting Baghdad province killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100 on Monday, security and medical officials said.

The bombs hit eight different areas.

The deadliest was in Shuala, where a car bomb killed six people and wounded at least 14.

Militants have carried out a string of sectarian attacks in central Iraq raising the conflict that peaked in 2006-2007 and killed tens of thousands of people.

The blasts came a day after a suicide bomber attacked mourners at a mosque south of Baghdad, collapsing the roof and killing 47 people.

On Friday, bombs exploded near two mosques in Baghdad as worshippers left after prayers, killing six people.

Another bombing targeted mourners in Baghdad on September 23, killing 15 people, while an attack on a funeral killed 12 the day before.