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Tragedy struck again in major Iraqi cities as two bomb explosions rocked Baghdad and mortars shook Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and hurting nearly 100 others, police said.
In the first attack, a roadside bomb exploded at an outdoor market, killing seven people and wounding 15 in southern Baghdad's Dora district.
The second blast took place in northern Baghdad's Saba al-Boor-area, when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in an outdoor market, according to authorities. At least 20 people were killed and 70 others were wounded in that attack.
In Mosul, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Baghdad, two soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded when mortar rounds landed on a military headquarters, police officials in Mosul said.
According to CNN Thursday’s violence came a day after 25 people were killed in attacks across the country, Baghdad police said.
The motives and perpetrators weren't immediately clear, but the attacks come amid ongoing friction between Iraq's Shiite Muslim and Sunni Muslim populations.
Sunnis, who represent a minority of Iraqis, have felt politically marginalized since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Shiites, who make up a majority of Iraqis, now dominate the government.
