DHAKA: A car bomb went off in a commercial area of a restive northern Iraqi city, killing at least 10 people, while a separate bombing in the north killed six people.

Iraq officials said, reports Al Jazeera.

The explosives-laden parked car targeted a joint Iraqi army and police patrol while it passed through a busy commercial area in Mosul on Sunday, killing five civilians and five security personnel, a police officer told Associated Press news agency.

He added that at least 12 other people were wounded in that blast.

A medical official confirmed the figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to release information.

Mosul is located about 360km northwest of Baghdad.

Hours earlier, a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a security checkpoint in the northern town of Dibis, killing six people and wounding 15 others, police chief Bestoon Rasheed said.

He added that 15 other people were wounded in the attack.

Civilians were among the victims, but a breakdown of the casualties was not immediately available. The town is located near the city of Kirkuk, 290km north of Baghdad.

BDST: 1922 HRS, APR 13, 2014