Car bomb attacks kill 12 people in Iraq

A wave of car bombings has killed 12 people, Iraqi officials say.

Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombings, mainly in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, has killed 12 people.

Police officials say a car bomb in the neighbourhood of Sadr city killed four people and wounded six.

Another car bomb elsewhere in Sadr city went off near a cluster of homes, killing two people and wounding.

A short while later, a car bomb exploded in a commercial street in Baghdad's eastern district of Jamila, killing three people and wounding 10.

Police say a fourth car bomb went off near a traffic police office in eastern Baghdad, killing three people, including a traffic policeman.

Seven people were wounded in that attack.

Medical officials confirmed casualty figures.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to media.