Attacks kill 48 people across Iraq At least 48 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks, including bombings and shooting incidents, across Iraq. In the deadliest attack on Thursday, a car bomb explosion rocked an outdoor vegetable market in the town of Sadiyah, some 140 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of the capital Baghdad, claiming the lives of at least 31 people. Reports say that 45 people were also wounded in the attack. In the town of Taji north of the capital, six Iraqi soldiers lost their lives and 12 others wounded after a bomber detonated his explosives- laden belt near an army checkpoint. In Baghdads northern Kasra neighborhood, a person was killed and five others injured in a car bomb blast. Eight civilians were killed and 15 others wounded in bombings hitting a commercial area of Baghdads western Amiriyah neighborhood. In Baghdads southeastern Bayaa neighborhood, armed men attacked a supermarket, killing two people and wounding two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but systematic bombings are a favorite tactic of al- Qaeda-linked groups that seek to destabilize the country. On Wednesday, 35 people lost their lives and many others were wounded in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in several neighborhoods of the Iraqs capital. On October 23, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that Iraq is facing a “war of genocide.” He blamed the al-Qaeda militant group for killing thousands of people in Iraq, saying that the group is “destroying the houses of citizens and killing them, and blowing up government departments.” Data released by Iraq’s ministries of health, interior and defense on November 1 showed that violence in the Arab country killed 964 people and injured 1,600 others in October alone.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 02:07:39 +0000
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