Bombs targeting homes, emergency workers kill dozens near Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A wave of bombings targeting homes and emergency responders north of Baghdad killed at least 28 people, Iraqi officials said Monday. The bombs were planted around five houses in Taji, a Sunni town 12 miles north of the capital, killing 17, police said. When rescue workers rushed to the scene to help, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-rigged belt, killing 11 policemen. The casualties were confirmed by a medic at Kazimiyah hospital in north Baghdad, The Associated Press reported. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. According to Reuters, at least 75 people were wounded in the attacks. On Sunday, car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said.