15 killed, 90 wounded in fresh attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and 90 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, said the police.

A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The explosion also caused damage to a number of civilian cars and buildings nearby, he added.

Earlier in the day, three Iraqi soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in an attack by an armed group at a base of the Iraqi army in Tarmiya, some 30 km north of Baghdad, according to a police source.

Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and more than 43 others wounded when two car bombs exploded in the Hussein district in Tuz Khormato, some 170 km north of Baghdad, the source said.

Also, a civilian was killed and 25 others were injured when three bombs exploded in quick succession in a sheep market in the Auraba district of Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, the source added.

Tuesday's violence came amid escalation of sectarian tension between the Sunni and Shiite communities, which has been at its highest level since the U.S. troops pulled out from the country at the end of 2011.

On Monday, a series of car bombs and shootings mainly targeting Shiite areas across Iraq killed at least 70 people, including several Iranian pilgrims, and wounded over 200, apparently in an attempt to stir up sectarian strife among Iraqis.

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2013-05-22 05:22:25
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Six killed, 20 wounded in Iraq's violence

BAGHDAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 20 wounded in separate attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, a source at the Interior Ministry said.

A car bomb went off at a garage of a government office in Abu Ghraib area, some 25 km west of Baghdad, leaving three employees dead and seven wounded, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, gunmen in two sport utility vehicles opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint in Abu Ghraib area, killing two soldiers and wounding four others, the source said.

In the meantime, a second car bomb ripped through Baghdad's southern district of Jihad, killed a civilian and wounding five, the source added.

In addition, Qais al-Shather, a member of parliament from the Sunni-backed Iraqia bloc, survived unharmed a roadside bomb explosion near his convoy in the town of Madain, some 30 km southeast of Baghdad, wounding four people, the source said.

Violence has increased recently in the Iraqi cities as Iraqis are preparing for the provincial polls on Saturday to elect their provincial council members.

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 2013-04-17 22:36:11

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7 killed, 34 wounded in separate attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 34 others injured in separate attacks in violence-plagued Iraq on Friday, police said.

Three civilians were killed and seven others injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a fruit and vegetable market in Mahaweel, 50 km south of Baghdad, a local police source told Xinhua.

The blast also caused damage to several shops nearby, he added.

Two soldiers in the Iraqi army were killed and two others injured when a roadside bomb targeted their patrol in Abu Ghraib neighborhood, west of Baghdad.

A bomb exploded near a Friday prayer stage in Baquba, the capital city of Diyala province, killing one worshiper and wounding 19 others.

A farmer was killed by unidentified gunmen near his home in the village of Kippah, 80 km northeast of Baghdad.

Two people were wounded when a roadside bomb went off in the town of Balad Ruz, 70 km northeast of Baghdad.

Three members of Kurdish security forces and one civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb targeted a patrol of the Kurdish security forces in the north of the city of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad.

Violence is still common in war-torn Iraq despite the dramatic decrease since its peak in 2006 and 2007 when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.

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2013-04-06 02:41:51

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8 people killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to eight people were killed and 15 wounded in a series of bomb attacks in northern and western Baghdad of Iraq on Tuesday morning, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The deadliest attack occurred when several mortar rounds landed in a residential area of Chikouk in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhmiyah, killing up to seven people and wounded two others, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Earlier, the source put the toll at one killed and seven wounded.

In a separate incident, a car bomb ripped through Baghdad's northwestern district of al-Shulla, killing a civilian and wounding 10 others, the source said.

In addition, another mortar round landed on a highway in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of Baghdad, damaging a civilian car and wounding three people aboard, the source added.

Violence and high profile attacks are still common in the Iraqi cities despite a notable decrease of violence over the past few years.

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2012-10-23 15:29:39

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Three policemen killed, 13 wounded in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Three policemen were killed and 13 people injured Tuesday in separate bomb attacks near and in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the police said.

Near Baghdad, gunmen in their car opened fire on the outer checkpoint of al-Tahrir police station in the town of al-Khaldiyah, some 80 km west of Baghdad, killing two policemen and wounding three others, a local police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, gunmen planted bombs in the house of a policeman and blew them up in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of Baghdad, killing him and wounding his wife and three of his children, the source said.

In Baghdad, six civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated in Adhamiyah district in northern the capital, an Interior Ministry source anonymously told Xinhua.

Earlier in the day, the police reported that a total of ten people were killed and some 66 others wounded in four car bomb explosions in the morning at Baghdad's Shi'ite bastions of Sadr City, Shula and Hurriyah districts.

Iraqi cities have been plagued by several attacks, including suicide bombings, since the U.S. troops pulled out of the country earlier last month.

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