Attacks across Baghdad and northern Iraq kill 25

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: More than 8,000 people have been killed in Iraq in 2013, according to the United Nations
• NEW: Suicide attack kills four soldiers at military base
• Eight bombs explode across Baghdad, killing 17 people
• Car bomb in northern Iraq kills four police officers

Baghdad (CNN) -- Another day of widespread violence has left at least 25 people dead across Iraq on Monday, security officials said.

At least four Iraqi police officers were killed and four others wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in Baiji, authorities in Tikrit told CNN.

Minutes after the initial explosion, gunmen stormed the station and clashes erupted between them and Iraqi security forces, police officials said.

Baiji is located about 200 miles (320 km) north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province.

At least four Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others were wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a military base in Azham, a small town about 62 miles (100 km) northeast of Baghdad, police officials in Baquba said.

In other violence, at least 17 people were killed and 52 others wounded in a series of explosions across the capital on Monday morning.

The blasts -- five car bombs and three roadside bombs -- took place in several Baghdad neighborhoods.

This comes a day after at least 21 people died, including an anchor with al-Mousliya TV, in shootings and explosions on Sunday, police said.

More than 8,000 people have been killed in Iraq in 2013, according to U.N. figures.

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