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Suicide attacks targeting security checkpoints and Shiite worshipers killed 23 people in Iraq Thursday, officials said, The Associated Press reported.

Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in the town of Yusufiyah, just south of the capital Baghdad, killing three police and four civilians, and wounding another 21 people.

Later on, a suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a checkpoint manned by police and Shiite militiamen near the city of Samarra, killing eight people and wounding 23 others. Samarra and surrounding areas have repeatedly come under attack in recent months from ISIS. Samarra is 95 kilometers north of Baghdad.

After noon prayers, a suicide bomber set off his explosives belt among Shiite worshipers who were leaving a mosque in western Baghdad, killing eight worshipers and wounding 16 others.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures from all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.