DHAKA: At least 43 people were killed and more than 40 injured in three car-bomb attacks in Baghdad.

The three attacks took place in Shia neighborhoods, the sources said.

One explosion occurred at a checkpoint at the entrance of al-Shaula neighborhood in northern Baghdad, killing a number of Iraqi security forces and injuring others staffing the checkpoint, CNN reported on Saturday.

Another bomb went off at another checkpoint 3 kilometers away at the entrance of al-Kadhimya, also a northern Baghdad neighborhood, the sources said. Iraqi security forces were killed and injured.

The third blast occurred in the al-Mashahda neighborhood.

BDST: 1027 HRS, OCT 12, 2014