AFP - Six people, including a policeman and a soldier, were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Sunday, security and ministry officials said.

In the deadliest attack, three civilians were killed and five others wounded by a roadside bomb in the town of Yusifiyah, 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, in the predominantly Shiite south Baghdad neighbourhood of Dora, a policeman was killed and three others were wounded by a bombing, the official said.

And in the restive city of Mosul, 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of the capital, an elderly man was killed when gunmen stormed his house and shot him, an Iraqi police officer who declined to be identified said.

East of Mosul, in the town of Sanaeeya, an off-duty Iraqi soldier was killed when armed men gunned him down, the officer added.

While violence has dropped across Iraq since its peak between 2005 and 2007, attacks remain common, especially in Baghdad and Mosul.