Tribal Leader’s Family Among Six Killed in Iraq

by | Jan 7, 2018 | 0 Comments

At least six people were killed, and 13 more were wounded in recent violence:

A suicide bomber attacked the home of tribal leader Sheikh Haitham al-Houm in Nedah. Al-Houm’s wife and two relatives were killed.

In Baghdad, a bomb killed one and wounded three in the Zedan neighborhood. Two people were stabbed in Ilam.

A  bomb in Qara Tapa wounded an Iraqi commander and companion.

Six people were wounded by an explosion in Abu Ghraib.

In the Maita basin, a militant was killed.

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

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