Double bombings near a Shiite shrine in Baghdad killed at least three people and left dozens of others wounded on Saturday, security officials said.
The first explosion came from a car bomb that exploded close to the shrine, which is also near a major army base. A second explosion hit near the Iraqi ministry, an Interior Ministry official said.
An official at Medical City Hospital in the capital said 35 people were being treated for injuries.
The interior ministry official the explosion was in an area between the health ministry and the military base where major construction work is going on.