BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 49 people have been killed and 148 others wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq. Police said Tuesday’s deadliest attack took place in the predominantly Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah in western Iraq.

Three suicide bombers attacked a police station, killing at least eight people. Meanwhile, gunmen ambushed a minibus carrying soldiers and policemen on the way to join units in the northern city of Mosul, shooting dead eight of them in a town 50 km south of the city.

Police and medical sources also said a wave of car bombs hit commercial districts in the capital Baghdad. At least 15 people were killed and dozens more were injured. It was not clear who carried out the attacks.

(Source: cntv.cn)