Baghdad  - At least 13 persons were killed Thursday and another 49 were injured in a double suicide attacks in Baghdad during the first day the Eid al-Fitr, an Iraqi security official said.

The first attack was close to a Shiite mosque in al-Rasoul area in new Baghdad, Geranial Qassem Attah told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.

He said that a security official threw himself at the bomber in an attempt to stop him. But the suicide attacker detonated himself, killing the security man, some 80 meters away from the mosque.

Altogether, six people were killed and 26 were injured in that attack.

The second attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who detonated himself in car near a military checkpoint close to the al- Zaafarana mosque. Muslims were conducting their Eid prayers when the detonation occured, Attah said.

The second blast killed seven people and injured 23, Attah added.

Eid al-Fitr is the first day after the holy month of Ramadan in which Muslims break their fast. (dpa)