Baghdad , Iraq ( CNN ) -- Three roadside bombs exploded Friday in quick succession at an outdoor pet market in Baghdad , killing five people and wounding 31 others , police officials said . The bombings took place at a market where young men buy and sell pigeons in Husseiniya , a poor Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad . This type of market , popular in less affluent neighborhoods , tends to be very busy on Fridays . In February 2008 , 99 people were killed by bomb attacks at two other pet markets in Baghdad . Daily violence has dropped drastically across Iraq since 2008 , but sporadic attacks continue . A series of bomb and gun attacks have taken place in different Iraqi cities this week , including a blast in a popular restaurant in southeastern Baghdad on Thursday evening that killed three people and wounded 10 others . In April , 126 people were killed in attacks across the country and 271 people were wounded . That was higher than in March , which had the lowest monthly death toll for Iraqis since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 , when only 112 people were killed .
The bombings strike a market where young men buy and sell pigeons . They kill five people and wound 31 others , police officials say . - July 25 : A suicide bomber kills at least 30 people in the southern city of Aden when he blows himself up outside an army checkpoint.