(VOVworld) - At least 12 people were killed and 39 others were injured on Saturday in two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeting security forces.

A car bomb explodes in Baghdad, Iraq (Photo: Reuters)

The first of Saturday's bombs hit a security checkpoint in the northern al-Husseiniya district, killing 9 and wounding 28 people. The second targeted an army convoy in Arab al-Jabour on Baghdad's southern outskirts, killing 3 people and injuring 11 others. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.

Iraq has suffered from violence wave since June, 2014 as the Islamic State took control of a number of areas in the North and West of Baghdad. According the UN statistics, more than 22,300 people were killed and injured in military operations in Iraq. Last year, Iraqi government has regained some major cities from the IS.