Three killed, 17 wounded in blasts outside Iraq churches

BAGHDAD: Six co-ordinated car bombs went off on Sunday near churches across Iraq, four of them in Baghdad, killing three and wounding 17 people, police and interior ministry officials said.   

Four car bombs went off near four churches in Baghdad's Kharada area, while two bombs went off near two churches in the northern city of Kirkuk.   

Three people died and 11 were wounded in the Kirkuk car bombs, police said.   

Six more people were wounded in the Baghdad car bomb blasts, while a roadside bomb also went off close to a church in central Baghdad, but there were no casualties.