At least five victims were killed and nine others wounded Thursday in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Separately, Mahmoud said the bodies of a teenage girl and a woman were found in the Al-Abadi and Al-Saab areas of the city.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Iraq has suffered a devastating security vacuum since
According to the UN, more than 3.4 million residents are now displaced in Iraq -- more than half of them children -- while more than 10 million are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
(Reporting by Arif Yusuf and Ayse