According to Iraqi police, the first attack occurred on Monday afternoon in the busy commercial Sadoun Street in central Baghdad, where a car bomb killed fifty civilians and wounded 10 others.
The second car bomb exploded in the capital's eastern New Baghdad area as police were waiting for explosives experts to dismantle it. A civilian bystander was killed and nine others were wounded.
Two medical officials confirmed the causality figures. All Iraqi police officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Although violence has decreased sharply in Iraq since the US troops’ pull-out, militants are still capable to carry out lethal attacks nationwide.