Death toll from Baghdad attacks rises to 57

BAGHDAD: A wave of bomb attacks across Baghdad on Thursday killed 57 people, the health ministry spokesman said, as Iraq faced a political crisis with its vice president accused of running death squads and the premier warning he could break off power-sharing.

Ministry spokesman Ziad Tariq said 57 people were killed and 176 wounded in 10 attacks across the capital.

Baghdad security spokesman Major Genera Qassim Atta has said there were a dozen attacks.