Seventeen Iraqis Killed in Widespread Attacks

Tuesday: 17 Killed, 6 Wounded

by | May 7, 2013 | 0 Comments

In Mosul, a sticky bomb planed on a provincial councilor’s car killed her driver. A policeman was gunned down. A roadside bomb wounded two policemen. Security forces killed two gunmen. A roadside bomb killed a man and wounded a woman.

Gunmen attacked a Tikrit checkpoint, where they killed four policemen and wounded a colonel.

In Baghdad, two people were shot and killed at a car repair shop in the Bayaa district.

Gunmen in Falluja killed a policeman.

Gunmen killed a politician and a policeman traveling with him near Khalis.

A Sahwa member was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting at a home near Baquba.

A soldier was killed and another was wounded in Amara when gunmen attacked them at a garage.

In Adhaim, a body belonging to security member was discovered.

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

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