12 killed, 56 wounded in bomb attacks on cafes in Iraq

At least 12 people were killed and 56 others wounded in separate bomb attacks against cafes in Iraq on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. Police said the back-to-back bomb attacks struck a coffee shop in Baquba, capital of Diyala province in eastern Iraq, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30 others. Meanwhile, two were killed and 14 others injured in a bomb attack inside a coffee shop in the Adamiya district in northern Baghdad, and 12 people were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a coffee shop in the Alforat district, southwest of the Iraqi capital. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the al-Qaida front in Iraq, in most cases, was responsible for such bombings in the country.