Another Mass Execution Among Militants; 121 Killed across Iraq

The Bzeibez Bridge, which connects Baghdad with Anbar province, has been shut down again, preventing refugees from escaping the fighting further west.

At least 121 people were killed and 76 more were wounded in the latest violence:

In Falluja, 25 people were killed and 23 were injured, including children, during a mortar attack.

In Khalidiya, a suicide bomber targeting police at a checkpoint killed two and wounded three more. Shelling killed two people and wounded nine.

Four policemen were killed and nine were wounded in a double bombing in Madaen.

A bomb at a produce market in Rashidiya killed three people and wounded five more.

In Baghdad, two people were killed in a drive-by shooting.  Three people were killed and 26 were wounded in a bombing.

A bomb at a souk in Yusufiya left two dead.

In Balad Ruz, a sticky bomb on a vehicle killed one person and wounded another.

In Hawija, militants executed 40 of their own on charges of deserting the fight at Mtabijh.

Security forces killed 32 militants near Tikrit.

Four militants were killed in Albu Jawari.

Author: Margaret Griffis

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