BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and five others wounded in two car bombs which went off separately in Baghdad's southern neighborhood on Monday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

    "A car bomb parking on the side of a road in Baghdad Doura neighborhood detonated at around 1:00 p.m. (0900 GMT) at a passing police commando patrol," the source said on condition of anonymity.

    The blast damaged a police vehicle and killed two police commando members and wounded two, the source said.

    Another car bomb parking near a gas station in same neighborhood detonated at about 1:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) killing three civilians and wounding three others, he said.

    In earlier incident, the death toll rose to 14 people killed and 42 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew his explosive-laden car outside the Interior Ministry building in eastern Baghdad, according to the latest ministry reports.

    Earlier, the source said that 13 people were killed and 35 others wounded in the suicide attack. The casualties included civilians and policemen, he added.

    "A suicide bomber tried to drive his explosive-packed vehicle through the heavily fortified path leading to the Interior Ministry building, but the guards opened fire at his car, forcing him to detonate it at about 10:45 a.m. (0645 GMT), before reaching the ministry building," the source said.

    The powerful blast took place at the first checkpoint, he added. Enditem