At least 69 people died Tuesday in separate bombings in Baghdad and two major Iraqi provincial capitals, officials said.
The deadliest attack was in Baquba, the Diyala provincial capital, where Iraqi and U.S. officials said a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant and government offices, killing at least 40 people and injuring 75 others, CNN reported.
In Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital, a man detonated his suicide vest inside a restaurant, killing at least 15 people and wounding 13 others, Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said.
In Baghdad's Sadr City, U.S. military officials said six "enemy fighters" were killed Tuesday in skirmishes, CNN reported.
In other reports of violence:
-- An Interior Ministry official said six Iraqis were killed and 26 wounded in overnight airstrikes.
-- A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two street sweepers in central Baghdad's Watheq Square, a military official said. Two other street sweepers and two police officers were injured.
-- A roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood, injuring a woman and child, a ministry official said.
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BAGHDAD, April 15 (UPI) --
Scores of people have died in Iraq Tuesday due to multiple bombings in various major Iraqi cities. United Press International put the death toll at 69, although the figure given by the BBC is lower. Their reports state that the toll was over 50.

One of the explosions occurred outside of a restaurant in Baquba. It resulted in over 40 fatalities and 70 injuries.

There was another incident in a restaurant, this time in the city of Ramadi. It resulted in a minimum of thirteen deaths and thirteen injuries.

Three also died from a car bomb in Baghdad.

A person who witnessed one of the bombings commented on the situation. "I saw cars on fire, burned bodies and damaged shops with shattered glass everywhere," he said.