BAGHDAD — Authorities in Iraq say bombings and a shooting have killed nine people around the capital, Baghdad.

Police officials say the first attack took place Friday morning when a bomb exploded near a market in Baghdad’s northeastern suburb of Husseiniyah, killing four people and wounding nine others. Just north of Baghdad, a bomb blast targeting an outdoor market killed three people and wounded 12 others in the Sabaa Al-Bour area. Also, gunmen in a speeding car sprayed an army checkpoint with bullets, killing two soldiers and wounding two others in in the town of Tarmiyah, 50 km north of Baghdad. — AP