At least 35 killed, 80 injured in Baghdad blasts

BAGHDAD - At least 35 people were killed and 80 injured in a series of blasts targeting mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad Friday, according to security sources and witnesses.

Two car bombs detonated in the al-Horriya and al-Rahmaniya areas, another bomb targeted people praying in al-Sadr city, eastern Baghdad and yet another went off targeting Hussayneyet al-Sadrein mosque in al-Zaafaraneya.

An explosive device went off inside a shopping mall in the al-Dora area, while a a suicide bombing occured near a mosque in the al-Amin area.

The Baghdad bombings came hours after six blasts shook the town of al-Khalidiya, 80 km west of the capital, killing eight people injuring 10.

Six bombs went off next to houses of two businessmen, a judge and police patrols in al-Khalidiya.

One of the blasts killed a businessman, his wife and their five children, security sources said. A police officer was killed, when another bomb exploded when he arrived at the scene.