Baghdad, Dec 15 (DPA) At least 10 people were killed and 69 others were injured in blasts across Iraq Tuesday, police said.
Three apparently coordinated blasts in central Baghdad killed at least four people and injured at least 14, a week after four coordinated blasts in the same area left more than 100 dead and hundreds more injured, police said.

One of the blasts took place outside the heavily fortified “Green Zone”, in a garage close to the Iranian embassy, destroying 15 cars parked in the garage.

A second blast struck near the foreign ministry and the ministry of migration, and a third exploded near a popular restaurant.

Violence continued in the troubled northern city of Mosul Tuesday.

Two car bombs exploded in the central Mosul district of Qadim Tuesday, killing at least six people and injuring at least 55 more.

Police said all the casualties were civilians from the crowded district in Mosul’s ancient city centre, though the neighbourhood is also home to police barracks.

Mosul and its environs are among Iraq’s most ethnically and religiously diverse regions, and among the most dangerous. Despite successive security pushes that police say have netted hundreds of suspected insurgents, armed groups continue to launch near-daily attacks with deadly effect.