Eight bombs were used in four different attacks, while two shootings also took place.
The worst of the violence happened in Sadr City, when two suicide bombers struck a Shiite funeral. Seventy-two were killed and one hundred and twenty injured, in that attack.
One bomber drove next to the tent, where a meal was being server for the mourners, and blew up the explosive laden vehicle. As panicked people ran away and others ran towards to help a suicide bomber on foot, blew up his explosive vest.
In Azamiyah, gunmen killed four people in a shop in a Sunni neighborhood.
Four suicide bombers attacked the police headquarters in Beiji. Guards were able to kill one of them, but the other three were able to explode their belts. Seven police were killed and twenty-one wounded.
Outside Mosul two prison guards were executed inside their homes, by gunmen.
Inside the city, a roadside bomb struck a military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding four.
A car bomb in Ur killed nine and wounded fourteen.
No one claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.
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