Soccer Fans Among 23 Iraqis Killed in Ongoing Attacks

Wednesday: 23 Killed, 32 Wounded

by , June 26, 2013

At least 23 people were killed and 32 more were wounded in fresh attacks.

In Baghdad, ten people were killed and 16 more were wounded as they watched a soccer match on television, when a bomb exploded at a café in Doura. Six people were wounded in a blast in Suleikh.

In Mosul, four people were killed and three more were wounded in a bombing at a liquor store.

In Kirkuk, a bomb killed three family members; two of them were women. Gunmen killed a man and his brother; both worked in the Sahwa forces.

One soldier was killed and three more were wounded in a blast in Shirqat.

A remote-controlled bomb killed two oil protection policemen in the village of Einil Jahash.

The body of a tribal chief, who was tortured before being shot, was found in Tuz Khormato.

Two policemen were wounded in a blast in Baquba.

An I.E.D. in Yathrib left two policemen wounded.

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