Three Car Bombs Kill 41

Iraqi soldiers display a cache of weapons and bomb-making equipment discovered inside a building in the Al-Jamia district of west Baghdad on April 4. Three car bombs struck the center of Baghdad Sunday, killing 41 and wounding over 200 people. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images )

Three car bombs struck the center of Baghdad Sunday, killing 41 and wounding over 200 people.

The attacks, which took place in quick succession, apparently targeted foreign embassies on the western side of the city. The German, Egyptian, Syrian, and Iranian embassies were affected by the blasts.

There have been no reports of diplomats wounded or killed, but passersby near the consular buildings were killed. The attacks come a month after the parliamentary elections, and are the largest in recent times. Iraqi government officials have blamed the attack on al-Qaeda.

On Saturday, 25 people were killed by gunmen who are believed to be linked to Sunni militias opposing al-Qaeda, the BBC reports.