11 people killed in Iraq attacks

 A car bombing at a market in central Iraq killed eight people on Wednesday and three others were killed in Baghdad, the newest in a raise in national unrest prior to Shia traditions.

The violence struck a day after a series of attacks across Iraq killed 38 amid preparations for ceremonies on Friday to commemorate the birth of a key figure in Shia Islam.

In Wednesday’s deadliest attack, a car bombing in the town of Zubaidiyah at 9:15am (0615 GMT) killed eight people and injured 22 others, a protection formal and a team at a healthcare center in close by Aziziyah said on situation of privacy.

The healthcare formal said a kid was among the deceased, and ladies and kids were among the injured.

In Baghdad, a series of morning assassinations with silenced pistols left three people dead — two police officers and a parliament official.

In one shooting, a policewoman was killed by gunshots to the head in the east of the capital, an interior ministry official and a medic at Al-Kindi hospital said.

Posted on Jul 4 2012. Filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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