Media reported that two subsequent bomb attacks were carried near a bus terminal in the Bayaa district of south-western Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding scores of others, including Iraqi police officers and soldiers.

A first car bomb exploded near a garage at the respective bus terminal and was then followed by a roadside bomb detonation after people gathered at the scene.

According to sources of the Interior Ministry, the attacks have apparently targeted a police patrol.

Earlier on Tuesday, two US soldiers were killed and nine others wounded when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on them during a training session at an Iraqi military base near the city of Tuz Khurmato.