Militants strike nine cities in Iraq, kill 32 and wound 104
* 252 people have been killed and 801 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month
BAGHDAD: Militants struck nine cities and towns in Iraq with bombings and shootings on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and wounding 104, in the latest wave of deadly attacks to hit the country.
With the latest violence, at least 252 people have been killed and 801 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.
Most of Sunday’s attacks were centred in Baghdad and the nearby areas of Taji, Madain and Tarmiyah, where an Interior Ministry official said 25 people were killed and 59 wounded, while medical sources put the toll at 28 dead and 77 wounded.
In Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car in the central Karrada district, targeting the deputy head of police for the area, a police officer at the scene said.
The explosion scattered debris for dozens of metres from the site of the blast, shattered store windows and burned a number of cars, smashing the windows and denting the bodywork of a number of others. Police, most of them armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, deployed in force on the street, and a fire truck sprayed down the site of the blast.
This was followed by another car bomb that hit the same area. Gunmen also shot dead a policeman in Al Amil neighbourhood in south Baghdad, an attack followed by a car bomb that exploded after a police patrol came to investigate, the Interior Ministry official said.
Four car bombs exploded in Taji, north of Baghdad. A security official said women and children were among the victims. In Madain, a car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, a witness said. And two roadside bombs targeted army and police patrols in the Tarmiyah area.
A car bomb targeting a police convoy killed two policemen and wounded seven others near Baquba, north of Baghdad, while another car bomb exploded south of Baquba, killing one person and wounding seven.
And another car bomb north of Baquba targeting police Brigadier General Mohammed al Tamimi wounded five people, a police colonel and the doctor said. South of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a police river patrol force station, killing a civilian and three police, including two officers, and wounding seven people.
And a car bomb in the Mosul city exploded near an army patrol, wounding 15 people, while a roadside bomb wounded four policemen, doctors and police said. afp
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* 252 people have been killed and 801 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month
BAGHDAD: Militants struck nine cities and towns in Iraq with bombings and shootings on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and wounding 104, in the latest wave of deadly attacks to hit the country.
With the latest violence, at least 252 people have been killed and 801 wounded in attacks in Iraq this month, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.
Most of Sunday’s attacks were centred in Baghdad and the nearby areas of Taji, Madain and Tarmiyah, where an Interior Ministry official said 25 people were killed and 59 wounded, while medical sources put the toll at 28 dead and 77 wounded.
In Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car in the central Karrada district, targeting the deputy head of police for the area, a police officer at the scene said.
The explosion scattered debris for dozens of metres from the site of the blast, shattered store windows and burned a number of cars, smashing the windows and denting the bodywork of a number of others. Police, most of them armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, deployed in force on the street, and a fire truck sprayed down the site of the blast.
This was followed by another car bomb that hit the same area. Gunmen also shot dead a policeman in Al Amil neighbourhood in south Baghdad, an attack followed by a car bomb that exploded after a police patrol came to investigate, the Interior Ministry official said.
Four car bombs exploded in Taji, north of Baghdad. A security official said women and children were among the victims. In Madain, a car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, a witness said. And two roadside bombs targeted army and police patrols in the Tarmiyah area.
A car bomb targeting a police convoy killed two policemen and wounded seven others near Baquba, north of Baghdad, while another car bomb exploded south of Baquba, killing one person and wounding seven.
And another car bomb north of Baquba targeting police Brigadier General Mohammed al Tamimi wounded five people, a police colonel and the doctor said. South of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a police river patrol force station, killing a civilian and three police, including two officers, and wounding seven people.
And a car bomb in the Mosul city exploded near an army patrol, wounding 15 people, while a roadside bomb wounded four policemen, doctors and police said. afp
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