Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 13

The deadlier of two blasts in Baghdad struck near a playground and a small market in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad. Police officials said eight people were killed,including four children.

Another 24 people,including children,were wounded,they said.

Elsewhere,a bomb attached to a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims killed five people and wounded nine,according to police. The so-called sticky bomb,hidden on the underside of the bus,detonated as the pilgrims were heading to a Shiite shrine in Baghdad to mark Eid,a major Muslim holiday.

In the northern city of Mosul,gunmen broke into the houses of two Shabak families,killing a boy and his parents in one and a mother and daughter in the other,according to police.

A bomb exploded near the house of another Shabak family,wounding six family members.