At least 30 killed in bombings across Iraq in day of terror

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad,

BOMB attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 30 people today, following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to spark sectarian confrontation.

Tensions between minority Sunni Muslims and the Shi'ites who now lead Iraq are at their highest since U.S. troops pulled out in 2011, with relations coming under more pressure by the day from the largely sectarian conflict in neighbouring Syria.