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.
