Wave of deadly bomb blasts hits Iraq

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At least 24 people were killed and another 77 injured in 10 blasts across Iraq, including a car bomb outside a French consular building in the usually stable city of Nassiriya, police sources said.

The most serious attack happened early on Sunday in Dujail, 50km north of Baghdad, when gunmen and a suicide bomber driving a car attacked a military base, killing 11 soldiers and injuring seven.

One car bomb exploded outside the French consular building in Nassiriya, 300km south of Baghdad, wounding two people, police said.

Another car bomb also detonated in the city, killing two and wounding three.