Nine people have been found dead in two brutal incidents in Iraq -- one where militants forced Shia policemen to pray before killing them, and another where decapitated heads were left in a market.
At least 54 people have been killed and scores wounded in a string of attacks in the capital and around Iraq, medical and police sources said.
In separate blasts and gun attacks in Iraq, 11 people have been killed and at least 25 others wounded, officials say.
Six Iraqi SWAT officers have been killed as four suicide bombers attacked the police headquarters in a town north of Baghdad, security sources say.