At least 16 people were killed and 10 more were wounded mostly across northern and eastern Iraq. The governor of Diyala province was wounded in one of the most effective attacks.

A suicide car bomber attacked the Baquba home of Diyala province’s governor. The blast killed two bodyguards and wounded seven others, including the governor. Omar al-Humairi became governor of the restive province only last September.

In Mosul, five gunmen were killed as they tried to attack a checkpoint. Two policemen were shot dead. A bomb killed two soldiers. Gunmen stormed a home, where they killed a man and wounded his wife.

A bomb blast in Tikrit killed two people who may have been trying to plant the device. A house was also blown up.

A civilian was killed and another was wounded when a bomb exploded near Falluja.

Gunmen wounded an official in Kirkuk.

Four benzene tankers and a number of cars were set on fire at a restaurant near Samarra when a bomb exploded. The number of casualties was unknown.

No casualties were reported after an explosion in Sadr City.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• Baghdad Rattled by Blasts: 43 Killed Across Iraq – June 18th, 2013
• Bombings Return to Central Iraq; 23 Killed – June 17th, 2013
• Iraq’s Shi’ite South Targeted: 54 Killed, 174 Wounded – June 16th, 2013
• 23 Killed Across Iraq; Mortar Attack on Iranian Dissident Camp – June 15th, 2013
• Iraq: Sunni Governor Unhurt in Assassination Attempt, Two Others Killed – June 13th, 2013