35 killed, 45 injured in blasts in eastern Iraq's Diyala: official BAGHDAD, May 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed and 45 others injured in two blasts, which hit almost simultaneously on Friday in Baquba, capital of eastern Iraq's Diyala province, after the Friday prayer, an official said. The two roadside bombs exploded near the Saroya mosque in Baquba, 65 km northeast of Iraq's capital of Baghdad, and hit the Sunni worshipers as they were leaving the mosque after prayer, the city's mayor Abdullah Hayali told Xinhua. Initial reports said 30 were killed and some 40 were wounded. A day ago, at least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq's Kirkuk. Wave of bombings, shootings kills 11 in Iraq BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A series of car bombs and a gunfire attacked the Shiite neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and a northern city on Thursday, leaving at least 11 people dead and some 45 others wounded. One of the attacks occurred in the morning rush hours when a booby-trapped car hit the popular Mreidy market in Sadr City district in the eastern part of Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 31, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.