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| Iraq |
| Eleven killed in Iraq violence |
| 2009-10-14 |
| ELEVEN people were killed and 60 others wounded in attacks in Baghdad, the northern city of Mosul and the Shiite shrine city of Karbala overnight, police and ministry officials said. In northwest Baghdad, nearly simultaneous mortar attacks and shootings during jewellery heists in the popular Jawadain market left eight dead, an interior ministry official said. Three mortar rounds struck the market in the predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Shaala at around noon, killing seven people and wounding 14. At about the same time, gunmen attacked jewellery shops in the area, killing one store owner and robbing three stores. In Karbala, south of Baghdad, three bomb explosions near shrines in the city killed two people and wounded 46. The attacks occurred near the Abbas and Hussein shrines at 5pm, around the time of evening prayers, police Major Alaa Abbas said. Provincial governor Amal Addin Majid al-Herr blamed elements from now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party for the attack. And in the restive city of Mosul, a policeman who had changed into civilian clothing was shot by gunmen as he was walking in the east of the city, a police official said. Though attacks in Iraq as a whole have declined dramatically from last year, violence in Mosul and Baghdad remains common. Violent deaths in Iraq dropped by more than half in September from the previous month, with 203 people killed, the lowest monthly toll since May. |
| Posted by:tipper |