The violence tapered off today, at least around Baghdad. Today’s attacks focused, instead, on Mosul. At least 24 people were killed in them, and another 23 were wounded.
In Mosul, a suicide bomber killed one soldier and wounded 10 more, including a brigadier general. Four soldiers were killed in a roadside blast. A shop owner was gunned down. Another person was also shot dead. Several people were also wounded in a shooting. A car bomb wounded three civilians. Security forces killed a would-be suicide bomber at a checkpoint.
Two people were killed and five more were wounded in a roadside bombing in Tarmiya.
Gunmen killed two employees at a shrine in Muqdadiya.
In Basra, two people were shot dead in separate attacks. Two bodies were discovered in a deserted area.
Two policemen were killed and another was wounded in a bombing in Hammam al-Alil.
In Falluja, an insurgent was killed and another was wounded during a raid. A gunman was killed during an attack on a police commander.
A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another in Ramadi.
A civilian was gunned down in Kut.
Police in Abu Saida killed a gunman.
A roadside blast in Shirqat wounded two people.
