Suicide Bombers Attack Kirkuk; 43 Killed in Iraq

by | Nov 6, 2017 | 0 comments

About 1,415 Yazidi and Christian families have been displaced by Shi’ite militia shelling north of Mosul.

At least 43 people were killed, and 38 were wounded:

In Kirkuk, two suicide bombers attacked a Popular Mobilization Forces Office, where they killed five people and injured over 20 more. Two policemen were injured when unknown people threw grenades at them. A protester who shot during a demonstration on October 19 has died of his injuries.

In Mosul, gunmen killed three policemen. Explosions killed three people and wounded six more.

Five dumped bodies were found in Multaqa.

A bomb in Tarmiya killed two people and wounded seven more.

In Dibs, one person was killed and another was wounded during a bombing.

A bomb killed two people in Balad Ruz.

Two people were wounded during a bombing in Baghdad.

Turkish airstrikes killed 19 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) as they attempted to sneak into Iraq.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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