Gunmen, Bombs Leave 15 Dead Across Iraq

Sunday: 15 Killed, 7 Wounded

by | Jul 8, 2013 | 0 comments

At least 15 Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in scattered attacks. Soccer fans were again targeted.

Gunmen killed six members of a policeman’s family in Mussayab, as they were returning home from a wedding. The policeman, his wife, his mother and three children were killed.

In Mosul, a bomb killed two policemen. Three policemen were killed and another was wounded in a separate bombing.

An I.E.D. killed a policeman and wounded three more in Baiji.

Gunmen in Khalis killed a former army officer.

A civilian was slain during a home invasion in Shirqat.

Mortars injured three people in Balad Ruz.

In Rutba, a bomb killed a civilian as people gathered to celebrate the Iraqi soccer team’s advance to the semi-finals in the U-20 World Cup.

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

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