At least eight Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in the latest violence. Several of the attacks appeared to target specific individuals, including security personnel and a human rights worker.
Four civilians were killed when gunmen opened fire on them in Hilla. Three of them were women.
Gunmen killed one Kurdish Asayesh agent and wounded a second during a attack in Tuz Khormato.
In Mosul, gunmen killed a manager and wounded his employee when they fired on a car belonging to the head of a mobile phone office.
A sticky bomb attached to a car killed a Sahwa member when it exploded in Himreem.
In Kirkuk, a human rights worker was killed when a bomb attached to his car exploded.
Three civilians were wounded in Abbara when a roadside bomb there exploded.
A bomb targeting a Sahwa leader in Balad wounded two bystanders instead.
