3 die in bomb attack in Mahmoudiya
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three people were killed and five others were wounded when two separate IED blasts hit areas in east and southwest of Baghdad, websites quoted media sources as saying.
A source at the Interior Ministry told Almada Press Sunday that two people were killed and four others were wounded when an IED ripped through a popular marketplace in Mahmoudiya, east of the capital.
Almaalomah website also quoted security sources as saying that an employee at the Iraqi trade ministry died in a bomb blast that occurred as his car passed by at al-Haswa, west of Baghdad.
Since 2014, violence surged in Iraq with the Islamic State militants taking over wide areas of the country, and the United Nations said earlier this month that 58000 people died since then. UN statistics say 3150 Iraqis were either killed or wounded in violence during October alone, with Baghdad marked as the most hit.
15 shops destroyed in fire near Baghdad
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi media outlets reported on Sunday, that a fire broke out in al-Shoala area in northern Baghdad.
Alsumaria News stated, “This evening, fire broke out in al-Naser popular market in al-Shoala area, in northern Baghdad.”
“15 shops were damaged due to the fire. Civil Defense teams rushed to the area of incident,” the media outlet added.
The capital, Baghdad, is witnessing fire incidents at popular markets and buildings of ministries and governmental directorates from time to time, while Civil Defense teams attribute these incidents to electrical fault.