(KUNA) -- Five Iraqis were killed on Wednesday, including an officer, and 27 were wounded in two booby-trapped car explosions, the detonation of an explosive device, and a mortar shell explosion in Baghdad, while 20 bodies were found in Diyala province. An Interior Ministry source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that seven Iraqi civilians and a security guard at the Higher Education Ministry were seriously wounded in a booby-trapped car explosion this afternoon. The source said the explosion took place near the ministry's scholarships and cultural relations department, adding that three of wounded were women.Half an hour later, an Iraqi civilian was killed and 12 others were wounded in a booby-trapped car explosion on Kifah Street, Baghdad. Iraqi police said damage was sustained by tens of shops in the area. And in Maysalon Square, southeastern Baghdad, an Iraqi policeman was wounded when an explosive device targeting his vehicle was denoted.
Meanwhile, mortar shells fell over a residential area in Algeria Square, southeastern Baghdad, killing three people and wounded six others. In Baladiyat, eastern Baghdad, unknown militants opened fire on Police Captain Imad Abbas's vehicle, killing him instantly. Furthermore, the bodies of 20 unidentified people were found in Hashemiyat district, Diyala, brining the total number of bodies found over the past 24 hours to 68.