At least five people were killed and 13 others were wounded in different attacks across Iraq on Saturday.

At least five people were killed and 13 others were wounded in different attacks across Iraq on Saturday.

In the northern city of Taji, bomb blasts struck the home of Yassin Issa Daud, a leader of Sahwa (Awakening) militia, killing three people including Daud's brother and wife.
Six others were wounded in the attack that took place at about 6:30 am (0330 GMT), Taji police Captain Ahmed Fahad said.

However, officials from the interior and defense ministries put the toll at four killed and 11 wounded.
"Four people were killed and 11 others wounded by the explosion of four roadside bombs that targeted the house of a Sahwa leader in Taji," the interior ministry official said.

The Sahwa is militia made up of tribesmen who joined forces with the US military against Al-Qaeda from late 2006.

Also on Saturday, border police Brigadier General Mohammed Jalil Mansur was shot dead with a silenced weapon while driving near Al-Shaab football stadium in eastern Baghdad, the interior ministry official said.
A magnetic sticky bomb on a minibus in the Sadr City area in the capital's north killed one person and wounded five others, according to the official.

And another sticky bomb on a car wounded two other people in north Baghdad.

Since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, bombings and other forms of violence escalated, claiming the lives of over one million people.

Earlier, Iraqi cleric, Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr, warned that the US sought to maintain its occupation of Iraq through keeping trainers and private contractors in the country, arguing that the security situation was disturbed.

Last month, Sadr accused the Americans of creating chaos and sectarian strife in the Arab country in order to prolong their stay.