At least four people were killed, and four more were wounded:
In Abbara, an explosives expert was killed while trying to defuse a bomb.
A bomb killed a militiaman in al-Aseywid.
Two people were wounded by a blast in Hawija.
In Makhmour, a bomb wounded two security personnel.
Two Turkish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in northern Iraq. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) is being blamed for planting the bomb.
Mortar fire was reported at a federal police headquarters in Kirkuk, while in Baghdad, rockets fell in the Green Zone. No casualties were reported in either incident.