BAGHDAD (AP) — At least eight people were killed and nearly 40 were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.

The first attack took place early in the morning in the western city of Fallujah when gunmen in a speeding car sprayed a police checkpoint with bullets, killing three policemen, a police officer said. The former insurgent stronghold is about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.