At least 11 people were killed and nine more were wounded in fresh violence. Two families were attacked in different cities.

In Baghdad, gunmen broke into a home in Zayouna where they killed six people, including four children. An attack on a Sahwa member’s home was thwarted, but one bodyguard was injured.

In Mosul, gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint. A blast wounded four people, including one civilian.

A young man machine-gunned two siblings to death and wounded his parents in Kirkuk.

The body of a councilman from Tel Abta was discovered, executed, about a month after his kidnapping.

A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in Tal Afar.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

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• Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
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