Bombers Hit 4 Iraqi Towns in the North By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 22, 2013 BAGHDAD — A suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque during evening prayers and other attacks north of Baghdad killed 23 people in Iraq on Saturday, officials said. The attacks are the latest in a wave of killing that has claimed more than 2,000 lives since the start of April. It is the bloodiest and most sustained spate of violence to hit Iraq since 2008. The deadliest attack happened after sunset when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in the village of Sabaa al-Bour, about 20 miles north of Baghdad. That bombing killed 14 people and wounded 32 others, the police said. Earlier, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police patrol in the village of Al Athba, near the northern city of Mosul, a police officer said. Three civilian bystanders and one police officer were killed, and six other people were wounded. In the city of Tuz Khormato, 130 miles north of Baghdad, gunmen on motorcycles fired at a civilian vehicle carrying off-duty police officers, killing three and wounding one, a police officer said. Another group of gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the city of Samarra, killing two police officers and wounding four, a police officer said. Samarra is 60 miles north of Baghdad. Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Al Qaeda’s arm in Iraq and other Sunni extremists frequently attack Shiites and security forces in an effort to undermine public confidence in the Shiite-led government.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 04:27:08 +0000
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