A series of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Tuesday left 56 people dead and over 170 others injured. The most serious attack hit the Talbiya area, northern Baghdad, when a bomb exploded on a crowded street, killing 9. 2 other bombs went off in the space of just a few minutes at a market in Hussainiya district in the outskirts of Baghdad, claiming 10 deaths and 28 injuries. In the south of Baghdad, 11 were killed and 30 others were wounded in 2 bombings in Alam and Zafaraniyah. Attacks were carried out in the districts of Karada, New Baghdad, Dora, and Baya and their adjacent areas.

The worst movement of violence recently has erupted in Iraq. (Photo: Reuters)

UN statistics show that 800 Iraqi lost their lives in August alone, and Baghdad bore one third of the bloody attacks. The worst movement of violence in recent years has raised fear of a sectarian conflict similar to that seen between 2006 and 2007, during which the death toll sometimes reached 3,000 a month.