The Iraqi capital witnessed much violence and bloodshed Sunday, with some 31 people killed and 42 wounded in bombing that occurred in different parts of Baghdad. An Iraqi police source told KUNA that death toll of the bombing which took place in a local market near the Diyala bridge, southern Baghdad, rose to five, with 16 wounded. Meanwhile, the US Army announced in a statement the death of 14 people and the wounding of some six others in two suicide car bombings at a check point near Baghdad Airport.Another statement by the US Army said its forces destroyed five militant safe houses in Ramadi, western Iraq, killing three and arresting four others. Furthermore, an Iraqi police source said in a press statement that one civilian was killed in Mosul and seven were wounded when a suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into a US Army patrol vehicle. The same source said confrontations between Iraqi police and militants in Al-Nour district in Mosul resulted in the death of a policeman and the wounding of three others. A wounded militant was arrested.
Meanwhile in Irbil, an Iraqi police source told KUNA that unknown militants opened fire at members of the Kurdistan National Union Party as they were leaving their headquarters in eastern Kirkuk, killing Kamal Jalal Hassan and wounding Ahmad Khourshid. The source added that an explosion in Kirkuk's celebrations square wounded eight Iraqi policemen, four with severe injuries. Also in Irbil, director of the city's electrical network told reporters that a large fire had broken out in the electricity generator after a cable exploded due to the great electrical tension. He said firemen were still trying to put out the fire after electrical current was shut down, adding that this would affect supply to the city, half of which depends on this station.