Iraq deputy oil minister wounded in Baghdad bombing

Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Saheb Salman Qutub was wounded in a bomb attack outside his house on Monday, security officials said.

The bomb exploded as Qutub was preparing to leave his home in the northern Ataifiyah neighbourhood of Baghdad, they told AFP.

Earlier, two almost simultaneous bombings in Karrada in central Baghdad killed six people and wounded 20 others.