At least nine people were killed and six more were wounded in new attacks.

In Baghdad, gunmen wounded a council official and killed his son. A customs official was shot dead in Doura. A bomb killed a policeman and wounded three others.

An attack on a checkpoint in Mosul left one civilian dead and one policeman wounded. Two policemen were killed and a third one was wounded in another shooting.

An I.E.D. killed a soldier in Tikrit.

East of Kut, near the Iran border, a landmine killed an officer.

A roadside bomb killed a civilian driver in Kirkuk.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• 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
• Forty Killed Across Iraq; 13 Kidnapped in Anbar Province – May 18th, 2013