Baghdad ( CNN ) -- At least 17 people died Tuesday when two car bombs exploded in central Baghdad , police in the Iraqi capital said . One of the blasts occurred near the emergency police department headquarters in al-Andalus Square , and seven police officers were among the dead . Another blast occurred minutes later outside an Iraqi passport office two kilometers ( slightly more than a mile ) away . At least 110 people , including 21 police officers , were wounded in the two explosions , which occurred in separate locations in central Baghdad 's Karrada district , police said . The area is a predominantly Shiite district and busy shopping area . After the bombings , three people authorities described as suicide bombers went into a building near the police department that houses a federal security unit , the major crimes directorate . Security forces shot and killed one of the suspects . Another blew himself up and gunfire was heard after the explosion . The third person was inside the building and forces searching for the person sealed off the area . Police say they believe the three were planning to break into a detention center to free people affiliated with the al Qaeda in Iraq militant group . In the northern city of Mosul , gunmen barged into the house of a TV journalist , killing him and wounding his family members , police said . He was identified as Ghazwan Anas , 29 , a presenter for Sama al-Mosul Satellite Television . The incident occurred as the family was eating after ending their Ramadan fast . No immediate motive was known , and police are investigating . Opinion : Violence in Iraq ? It 's the politics , stupid ! At least 103 people were killed on July 23 in coordinated attacks across the country , the deadliest day in Iraq this year . Violence has dropped dramatically in Iraq since the peak of Sunni-Shiite clashes in 2006 and 2007 and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country in December . But insurgent attacks against civilians and security forces persist in the country , still smoldering with sectarian tension and political infighting . Opinion : It 's up to Iraq 's government to prevent a civil war .
NEW : At least 110 are wounded in bombings and shootings across the country since Friday night. Police officers were among the casualties . Attacks come a week after the deadliest day this year in Iraq . Three people stage assault in another building .