(KUNA) -- Three Iraqi civilians were killed on Monday in two separate attacks in Hwaijah district in northern Iraq. An Iraqi police source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that unknown gunmen opened fire on a commercial store in Hwaijah district, west of Kirkuk, killing two civilians instantly. A third Iraqi civilian was killed by gunmen in a separate attack.In another incident, the Iraqi police in Mosul was able to foil the abduction of an Iraqi citizen in Aljazaer neighborhood in western Mosul. The police force clashed with the gunmen, who were wounded and arrested by the security forces.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber blew himself up targeting an on-foot Iraqi commandos patrol in Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad. An Iraqi Interior Ministry source told KUNA that two members of the patrol were killed and four others were wounded, while nearby commercial stores suffered property damages.