Baghdad ( CNN ) -- Dozens have died in Iraq in explosions primarily targeting amusement parks where families and children typically go to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha , according to police . At least 34 people died and 122 were wounded Monday in the series of car-bomb and roadside explosions across Baghdad , police officials said . At least 10 car bombs and three roadside bombs exploded in several Baghdad neighborhoods . In the northern town of Muwafakiya , a car bomb killed 17 people and wounded at least 66 in a refugee compound , police said . The explosion caused buildings to collapse , trapping victims under rubble . The town is 20 miles east of Mosul . Seven children were among the dead , police said . The compound was home to displaced members of an ethnic Shiite minority and is near a Shiite mosque . Sunni extremist groups such al Qaeda have been targeting the minority in Nineveh province in recent months , police said . Iraq has seen a sharp increase in tension between its Shiite and Sunni populations since April , when security forces raided a site used by Sunni protesters to demonstrate against the Shiite-led government . Blasts claim lives in Iraq , Afghanistan , Syria on Muslim holy day . Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq . CNN 's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report .
July : The death toll rises to 34 in Iraq explosions . Many blasts seem to target public parks , according to officials . An explosion in northern Iraq collapses buildings , traps people . Sunni extremist groups are targeting a Shiite mosque in the north .