3 killed in attacks in Iraq

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• One attack occurs in northeastern Baghdad Thursday


• Another attack Thursday in Baghdad left 9 wounded


• On Wednesday attacks left 10 dead

Baghdad (CNN) -- A car bomb exploded outside a real estate building in the Husseiniya neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing three people and wounding 11 others, police said.

Also Thursday a car bomb exploded on a busy road in al-Taji district on the northern outskirts of Baghdad wounding nine people, police said.

These incidents come after a series of attacks in Diyala province Wednesday that left at least 10 people dead.

Violence in Iraq hit a nearly two-year peak in July, with 325 deaths reported, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. That's the deadliest single month since August 2010, when the toll reached 426, the ministry said.

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