17 killed in series of blasts in Iraq

In Iraq, at least 17 people were killed and more than 60 others injured when a series of five bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad.A parked car bomb hit a fruit and vegetable market in the district of Hurriya, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 30 others. In another attack, three persons were killed and 10 others injured at market in the Shaab neighborhood in northern



Baghdad. 

Two other explosions at traders' markets in the Topchi and Zataria areas killed four and injured 16 people. No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic State, IS terrorists have frequently targeted Shiites in the past. The bombings come as Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias and Kurdish Peshmerga, advance on the IS stronghold of Mosul.