Baghdad - A series of seven deadly bomb attacks Tuesday left 13 dead and more than 40 injured across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

The deadliest of these attacks took place in the city's al-Mashatl neighbourhood in south-eastern Baghdad when a roadside bomb went off at a parking lot, killing seven and leaving 20 injured, a police source told Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.

The source added that several parked vehicles were damaged in the blast.

In the al-Qahira neighborhood in northern Baghdad, four civilians were killed and 10 others wounded when a bomb was detonated in a market.

In central Baghdad one civilian was killed and two injured when a bomb went off near the city's Technological University.

Earlier, in the central Baghdad district of al-Karada, a bomb planted by unidentified persons on the main road near the former German embassy killed one person and wounded nine.

Additionally, a bomb attached to the vehicle of the Baghdad police chief's secretary, Ali Jameel, went off today in al-Kararda, injuring him, one of his escorts and one civilian. (dpa)