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.