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A suicide bombing at a security checkpoint in the Shi'ite
neighborhood of Kadhimiya killed 13 civilians and wounded more
than 30 others, the sources said.
The neighborhood is home to one of the holiest shrines in
Shi'ite Islam and is the regular target of such attacks.
Two people were later killed when a bomb went off on a main
street in a northern suburb, police and medical sources said.
No person or group immediately claimed responsibility for the
bombings. Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that seized large
parts of northern and western Iraq last year, regularly targets
Shi'ite neighborhoods in the capital.
At least 37 people were killed in a wave of bombings on
Saturday.
Despite the violence, the government lifted a longstanding
night-time curfew on Saturday night aimed at normalizing life in
the war-torn city.
(Reporting By Saif Hameed; Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by
Jeremy Laurence)
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