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Mar. 4 (BBC News) - At least 14 people have been killed in Baghdad on the first day of voting in Iraq's parliamentary elections.
Suicide bombers attacked two polling stations in different areas of the city killing at least seven people and wounding many others.
Earlier in the day, a mortar attack on a crowded market killed seven and wounded at least 10 people.
The poll is seen as a security test for Iraq as the US prepares to reduce its military presence in the coming months.
The early voting involves hundreds of thousands of government employees, the sick and prisoners.
The first suicide bomber attacked a polling station in the Mansur district of Baghdad. Three soldiers were killed and 15 wounded.
A little under an hour later another suicide bomber blew himself up in central Baghdad, killing at least four and wounding 10 others.
There were conflicting reports about the first attack of the day in north-western Baghdad.
Agence France-Presse news agency reported that a mortar had been fired at a polling station, but hit a crowded market. Seven people, four of them children, were killed and 23 wounded.
Other reports said the blast was caused by a roadside booby-trap or a rocket fired near a school due to be used as a polling station on Sunday.
On Wednesday, three suicide bombers attacked police and a hospital in Baquba, killing at least 30 people.
Insurgents have threatened to disrupt the elections - regarded as an important test of Iraq's efforts to achieve sovereignty and overcome sectarian divisions.
