14 Killed in Fresh Iraq Violence

At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in the latest violence. In the worst attack almost a dozen people were killed or injured during a clash in Kirkuk. Meanwhile a young girl died in a grenade attack in the south.

Gunmen in Kirkuk fired upon a police patrol, killing five people, three of them civilians. Six other people were wounded. The fighting lasted about 30 minutes.

In Mosul, gunmen killed two policemen. Two bodies were found.

An eight-year-old girl was killed when insurgents threw a grenade at a Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council institution in Diwaniya. A policeman’s home was also attacked.

A bomb targeting the Riyadh police commander killed two guards instead.

In Baghdad, a car bomb killed a policeman and wounded another.

A 16-year-old girl was shot in the chest while traveling in Jurf al-Sakhar.

In Iskandariya, the body of a young man was found.

A car bomb wounded four policemen in Ramadi.

A Katyusha rocket fell near a government building in Tirkit.

Two men were liberated in Diyala province.

Author: Margaret Griffis

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