- NEW: A car bomb at a market in Basra kills two soldiers and a woman
- A car bomb targets a police recruitment center, kills eight people
- Gunmen attack an army checkpoint near Tikrit, killing four soldiers
- Later, IEDs planted at the checkpoint kill seven more soldiers
Baghdad (CNN) -- Three attacks against Iraqi military and police left at least 22 people dead Sunday, the latest in a rash of violence targeting security officials in the country.
In the first incident, a car bomb targeting a police recruitment center in Kirkuk killed at least eight people and wounded 36 others, police officials said.
In the second incident, gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint that leads to a military base near Tikrit, killing four Iraqi soldiers, the Interior Ministry said.
Afterward, the gunmen planted improvised explosive devices at the checkpoint. When more Iraqi soldiers arrived at the scene to investigate, several IEDs detonated, killing seven soldiers and wounding seven more, Interior Ministry officials said.
In a third attack, a car bomb exploded at an outdoor market in western Basra, killing two soldiers and a woman, the Interior Ministry said. The blast, which took place near an army checkpoint, also wounded 25 people.
The incidents are the latest in a rash of attacks targeting security officials. In August, more than 70 Iraqi security forces were killed, according to figures released by the Interior Ministry.
Last week, gunmen killed at least five police officers in the city of Ramadi, police said.
In a separate incident Sunday, two roadside bombs exploded on a busy commercial street in Nasiriya, killing six people and wounding 10 others, the Interior Ministry said.
