Car explosion kills seven, wounds 13 Iraqis in Baghdad(KUNA) -- At least seven Iraqi civilians got killed and another 13 wounded when a booby trapped car exploded Tuesday in Saydia area in Baghdad, while gunmen in Tikrit assassinated the spouse of Salah Eddin's governor. Iraqi Interior Ministry source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that security authorities closed the explosion location, allowing only ambulances into the area to transport victims to nearby hospitals.
Saydia area also witnessed earlier today a suicide attack on the National Police Commandos headquarters, killing at least 15 national policemen.
In Tikrit, gunmen bombed the clinic of Dr Amira Al-Rabiey, the spouse of the governor of Salah Eddin Hamad Al-Shabti, Interior Ministry source to KUNA. The explosion immediately killed Dr Al-Rabiey and wounded four patients, added the source.
16 people killed in double suicide bombings in green zone
(KUNA) -- The US military said on Tuesday that a double suicide bombings targeted the heavily fortified green zone in the Iraqi capital killing 16 people, among them one police officer. The US military said two terrorist bombers wearing explosive belts detonated their bombss amidst customers in two small shops and in front of a check point north of the green zone entrance. Earlier, Iraqi police said at least 25 civilians were injured and seven were killed in the attack which involved a parked car near a restaurant.
Car bomb explodes at Iraqi police check point
(KUNA) -- A suicider in a car attacked on Tuesday a building which belongs to Iraqi special police forces in Al-Saidiah south of the capital. Iraqi police source said the attack caused heavy damages to the building and that rescue teams were still trying to recover victims trapped underneath the rubble.
An Iraqi police source said mortar shells targeting the police building caused havoc along with injuring four of its soldiers minuets after the car exploded to level the building to the ground. It is still not clear how many of the police special forces were killed, but first estimates suggest death casualties to 15.
Suicide bomber detonates his car close to Iraqi police check-point
(KUNA) -- A suicide bomber blew his improvised car bomb up on Tuesday close to Iraqi commandoes checkpoint south of the capital. Iraqi security source said the explosion targeting a police checkpoint was also close to a Shia shrine in Al-Aamli area which resulted in injuring eight people, three were Iraqi commandoes and five civilians. The explosion caused damage to several parked cars nearby. Baghdad was witnessing two other heavy explosions earlier resulting in killing seven Iraqis and injuring 25 others.
Ten civilians, ten soldiers killed in unrest in Iraq
(KUNA) -- Ten Iraqi civilians were killed or injured in various acts of violence in the governorate of Diali, east of the capital Baghdad, Iraqi police reported. One of the 10 casualties was killed while three others were injured in an armed attack, which took place in the Souk area, inside the city of Baaqouba, which is the main city in the Diali governorate, the police said.