Saturday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 15 Wounded

Updated at 9:09 p.m. EDT, Oct. 24, 2009

At least seven Iraqis were killed and 15 more were wounded in new violence. An Iraqi court issued an arrest warrant for a Sunni parliamentarian after a detainee claimed he received money and instructions from her to kill or expel Shi’ites from Diyala province.

In Tikrit, a suicide bomber attacked the National Unit Party offices where he killed two people and wounded seven more. A bomb prematurely detonated, killing one bomb maker and wounded four others.

In Baghdad, a bomb attached to a car wounded two people. Two soldiers were wounded in a small arms attack on a checkpoint.

In Mosul, a sniper killed an army officer in Wadi Egab, while gunmen killed a soldier at a checkpoint.

A female body was found in Qayara.

A bomb in Riyadh left no casualties.

Sixteen suspects were captured in Basra.

Four suspects were detained in Kut.

Author: Margaret Griffis

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