Tuesday’s deadliest single blast took place in Baghdad’s northern Talbiya neighborhood, where a car bomb in a busy street killed nine people.
In the Hussainiya district on the northern outskirts of the capital, two car bombs exploded in quick succession, killing ten.
“I saw a fireball and a huge cloud of smoke. We couldn’t approach immediately fearing a second bomb, but we could hear the screams of people asking for help,” said Ali Jameel, a policeman in a patrol stationed in Hussainiya.
“A minute later a second blast happened nearby. Bodies were lying on the ground and some of the wounded were crawling to distance themselves from the blaze, leaving a trail of blood behind them”.
About 800 Iraqis were killed in August, according to the United Nations, with more than a third of the deadly attacks happening in Baghdad.