Bomb attacks kill at least 31 people in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of vehicle bombings in Iraq killed at least 31 people Friday, officials said, in the second straight day of attacks in Baghdad blamed on Islamic militants who have seized large parts of the country.

A parked explosives-packed car detonated shortly before midday prayers near the al-Mubarak mosque in the Iraqi capital’s mostly Shiite central district of Karradah, killing nine people and wounding 18 others, police said.