BAGHDAD: Six people were killed, including three women, in attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, Iraqi police said, three days after 135 people died in massive bombings in the capital.

Three women were killed and four other people wounded when a magnetic 'sticky bomb' affixed to a mini-bus exploded in Baghdad's predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City.

Police said the bombing occurred at 1230 GMT in the slum district in Baghdad's north.

In central Mosul, 350 kilometres north of the capital, three people, including a soldier, were killed and five others wounded when a roadside bomb targeting an army patrol blew up, said a police officer.

The latest bombings followed two massive vehicle suicide bombs on Sunday claimed by al-Qaeda killed 135 people and wounded more than 500 as they struck near government offices in central Baghdad.

Security in the capital has since remained tight, with helicopters overhead as police and soldiers kept several streets and bridges closed to vehicle traffic on Wednesday.

Though violence has dropped dramatically across Iraq compared to last year, the death toll in September was the lowest since May, attacks in Baghdad and Mosul remain common. -AFP