20 people killed in overnight attack in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Bomb attacks in Iraq overnight killed 20 people and wounded 47, raising the casualties for the day to 38 killed and 91 wounded, the police said on Wednesday.
In central Iraq, a car bomb and a roadside bomb struck the popular Shalal market in Shaab district in the northeastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 12, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, a car bomb and a roadside bomb ripped through a marketplace in Baghdad's southern district of Doura, killing nine people and wounding 34.

In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, seven people were killed and 11 wounded when a bomb went off at a popular coffee shop in the town of Hibhib, near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad.

Tuesday overnight attacks raised the toll for the day to 38 people killed and 91 others wounded.

Earlier on Tuesday, the police said 18 people were killed and 44 wounded in attacks, including a suicide tanker truck bombing, in central and northern Iraq during the day.

Tuesday attacks followed a day of a wave of deadly car bomb attacks that swept Baghdad and killed at least 34 people and wounded some 155.

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

from XINHUA
2013-05-29 18:01:22
Editor: Bi Mingxin

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2 killed, 11 wounded in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and eleven others wounded Wednesday in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq, the police said.

In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, a roadside bomb went off close to a police vehicle on a main road near Samarra city, some 110 km north of the capital Baghdad, killing one policeman aboard and injuring four others including an officer, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb struck a civilian car travelling near the town of Balad, some 80 km north of Baghdad, killing the driver and wounding three persons aboard, the source said.

Salahudin province is a Sunni-dominated province. Its capital city of Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, is the hometown of former President Saddam Hussein.

Meanwhile, in Baghdad, two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb detonated at the entrance of Harthiyah district in western the capital, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a policeman was wounded when a roadside bomb hit his patrol near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a source from Diyala's operations command anonymously told Xinhua.

In addition, gunmen wounded a government employee in the town of Hibhib, some 20 km northwest of Baquba, the source said.

Also in Diyala, Iraqi security forces carried out search operations across the province during the past 24 hours and arrested nine suspects, including four wanted individuals, the source added.

Violence is still common in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decrease since its peak in 2006 and 2007 when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.

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