Many dead in Iraq market bombings

At least 12 people have been killed in a series of bombings in a market north of the capital, Baghdad, officials say.

Two car bombs went off and a suicide bomber blew themselves up in the predominantly Shia town of Judaida al-Shat in Diyala province.

Dozens of people were wounded in the attacks, reports said.

It is the latest in a series of almost daily attacks across Iraq, raising fears of a return to the worst levels of sectarian violence in years.

Last month was the bloodiest in Iraq since June 2008, with 1,045 Iraqi civilians and security officials killed, according to UN figures.