11 bomb explosions across Iraq 'leave 49 dead' Dozens more died in apparently coordinated blasts in and around Baghdad throughout the day, with the exact number of casualties unclear. The total number of deaths from the day of bloodshed was estimated around 60, making it the deadliest single-day series of assaults in weeks. In the worst of the Baghdad blasts, two car bombs exploded moments apart near a busy market in the town of Nahrawan, south of the capital, killing seven. "I was eating my breakfast when a powerful blast shook the building, shattering the window of my apartment and covering the dining table with pieces of glass," said Suad Ahmed, a woman living in Baladiyat, where another car bomb killed three people. I was terrified, I heard women and children shouting next door. I started to cry. I was afraid of death. Al-Qaeda was forced underground in 2007 and violence eased in the following years, but is now on the rise again, with around 3,000 civilians killed so far this year, according to monitoring group Iraq Body Count. Insurgents have exploited growing anger among Iraq's Sunni minority, which complains it has been marginalised under the Shi'ite-led government that came to power following the US-led invasion in 2003. A raid on a Sunni protest camp in April touched off a violent backlash by militants that is still ongoing. Relations between Islam's two main denominations have come under further strain from the civil war in neighbouring Syria, which has drawn Sunnis and Shias from Iraq and the wider region into battle. Al-Qaeda's Syrian and Iraqi affiliates merged earlier this year to form The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on both sides of the border.