Sectarian clashes between Shi’ite and their Sunni rivals has led to several bombings hitting different places in Baghdad and this was started after the withdrawal of the United States troops from the region.
Over ten explosions blew up in different regions in Iraq claiming 57 lives and about 179 people were wounded in the various attacks; according to the health ministry.
Bombs ripped into the central Alawi area, Shaab and Shula in the north, all mainly Shi’ite areas, and a roadside bomb killed one and wounded five near the Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiya.
There were also several attacks in the Karrada and Amil districts, and the bombings were the first sign of rising violence after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki moved to sideline two Sunni Muslim leaders, just a few years after sectarian bloodletting drove Iraq to the edge of civil war.
Violence in Iraq has ebbed since the height of sectarian violence in 2006-2007, when suicide bombers and hit squads targeted Sunni and Shi’ite communities in attacks that killed thousands of people.
