Suicide attacks kill 60 in Iraq

Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 and injuring more than 68 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilising the government.

In the worst assault, a roadside bomb followed by a car bomb targeting police killed at least 37 people in Kut, a mainly Shi'ite Muslim city 150 km (95 miles) southeast of the capital Baghdad, police and health officials said.

The blasts shattered facades of shops and homes in Kut.

Reuters