17-11-2024 02:29 PM Jerusalem Timing

Attacks in Iraq Kill 18

Attacks in Iraq Kill 18

A suicide bomber attacked a religious shrine in Iraq Tuesday, killing 11 people, including some mourning seven who were shot dead earlier in the day, police and a doctor said.

A suicide bomber attacked a religious shrine in Iraq Tuesday, killing 11 people, including some mourning seven who were shot dead earlier iAttackn the day, police and a doctor said.

The blast at the Abu Idris shrine in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad in Diyala, also wounded 19 people, the sources said.

The victims of the bombing included people who were mourning the deaths of seven shepherds who were gunned down northeast of Baquba earlier on Tuesday.

In Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near a market on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding five, while gunmen shot dead a police officer and wounded two more near Ramadi, a city west of the capital.

The daily attacks have shown no sign of abating, and violence has killed more than 6,350 people since the beginning of the year, according to AFP figures.