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| Iraq Attacks Kill Two, Wound 16 |
| 2012-07-14 |
| [An Nahar] Two people were killed and 16 others maimed in five separate attacks in Iraq on Friday, security and medical officials said. In Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , a police major's mother was killed and his father was maimed when a bomb detonated inside their house in the western neighborhood of Ghazaliyah. "A bomb detonated inside the house of police Major Amjad Hameed, killing his mother and wounding his father," said a police official. A medical official in Kadhimiyah hospital confirmed receiving the body of the mother. In Tarmiyah, north of Storied Baghdad, a bomb maimed five people, a security official and a doctor at Kadhimiyah hospital said. In Tuz Khurmatu, also north of Storied Baghdad, gunnies murdered a civilian and stole his car, a police official said. Doctor Hussein Abdullah from the town's hospital confirmed the death. Ten other civilians, including two children, a woman and a man from one family were maimed in three separate attacks in Kirkuk province, northern Iraq, security and medical officials said. The latest violence comes amid a spike in attacks, with Iraq suffering a wave of unrest in June. At least 282 people were killed, according to an Agence La Belle France Presse tally, though government figures said 131 Iraqis died. While violence in Iraq has declined dramatically since its peak in 2006-2007, attacks remain common across the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |