Violence claimed six lives today. Another three people were wounded.

In Mosul, a mosque preacher was gunned down. Two soldiers were killed by gunmen at a separate location. A dumped body was found.

In Kirkuk, gunmen killed a civilian and a Peshmerga fighter outside their home. A policeman was shot and wounded.

An explosives expert and a policeman were wounded as the expert tried to defuse a bomb in Baquba.

Gunmen threw grenades at the Tuz Khormato home of the provincial council’s secretary general, but no casualties were reported.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Twenty Killed in Attacks Focused on Iraqi Security Forces – May 23rd, 2013
• 31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel – May 22nd, 2013
• Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
• Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq – May 20th, 2013
• Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013