Suicide Bombers Attack Banquet, 37 Iraqis Killed

Tuesday: 37 Killed, 32 Wounded

by | Oct 29, 2013 | 0 Comments

Updated at 3:15 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1, 2013

At least 37 people were killed and 32 more wounded across Iraq. The worst attack was a triple suicide bombing at a banquet near Baghdad.

Three suicide bombers attacked a banquet being held at a Sahwa members home in Tarmiya. At least 22 people were killed and 11 were wounded, including officers, policemen, soldiers and Sahwa members. Earlier reports confused the injured with fatalities.

In Mosul, gunmen killed a Christian woman. A roadside bomb killed three soldiers and wounded two more. Police killed a "key terrorist". Gunmen killed a married couple. A federal policeman was wounded in a small arms attack.

Two soldiers were killed and three more were wounded in Tikrit when a roadside bomb exploded.

Two men were killed as they tried to plant a bomb in Latifiya.

A blast in Madaen killed an officer and wounded four soldiers.

In Baghdad, security forces killed a suicide bomber before he could attack a cafe in Doura. An I.E.D. wounded a colonel in Qahira.

A Sahwa member was shot dead in Saniya.

Gunmen killed a soldier in Baiji.

Six people were wounded at a vegetable market when a bomb exploded in Tuz Khormato.

An I.E.D. wounded two policemen in Falluja.

A child and his mother were wounded when a series of bombs targeting the homes of security elements exploded in Kirkuk.

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

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