Monday, April 30, 2007
Round-up of violence across Iraq
Security
April 30 (Reuters) - Key security developments in Iraq at 1500 GMT on Monday, follow the link for further information:
* denotes new or updated item.
* KHALIS - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 32 people when he blew himself up among mourners at a Shi'ite funeral in the town of Khalis, north of Baghdad. The attack took place inside a crowded mourning tent. More than 52 people had been wounded, police said.
RAMADI - A tanker laden with chlorine gas exploded near a restaurant west of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing up to six people and wounding 10, police and hospital sources said.
BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds killed one civilian and wounded six when they landed on a residential area of northern Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district, police said.
SUWAYRA - The bodies of six people were retrieved from two rivers in Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 138 insurgents in the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.
BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a bus bomb exploded in a tunnel, police said. The explosion badly damaged the tunnel, on a main artery in western Baghdad.
SAMARRA - U.S. forces detained 11 suspected insurgents during raids in Baghdad and in the city of Samarra targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Eight gunmen were killed in a U.S.-Iraqi operation in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said, in what some witnesses described as a clash with the Mehdi Army militia loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The U.S. military said one Iraqi soldier was killed in the incident in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district.
MOSUL - Six gunmen were killed and two wounded when they attacked a police station in the northern city of Mosul, police said. A car bomb exploded near the police station targeting a patrol heading to the scene of the attack, killing a policeman and wounded two others, the source added.
* denotes new or updated item.
* KHALIS - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 32 people when he blew himself up among mourners at a Shi'ite funeral in the town of Khalis, north of Baghdad. The attack took place inside a crowded mourning tent. More than 52 people had been wounded, police said.
RAMADI - A tanker laden with chlorine gas exploded near a restaurant west of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing up to six people and wounding 10, police and hospital sources said.
BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds killed one civilian and wounded six when they landed on a residential area of northern Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district, police said.
SUWAYRA - The bodies of six people were retrieved from two rivers in Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 138 insurgents in the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.
BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a bus bomb exploded in a tunnel, police said. The explosion badly damaged the tunnel, on a main artery in western Baghdad.
SAMARRA - U.S. forces detained 11 suspected insurgents during raids in Baghdad and in the city of Samarra targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Eight gunmen were killed in a U.S.-Iraqi operation in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said, in what some witnesses described as a clash with the Mehdi Army militia loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The U.S. military said one Iraqi soldier was killed in the incident in the Shi'ite Kadhimiya district.
MOSUL - Six gunmen were killed and two wounded when they attacked a police station in the northern city of Mosul, police said. A car bomb exploded near the police station targeting a patrol heading to the scene of the attack, killing a policeman and wounded two others, the source added.
Labels: Baghdad, chlorine gas truck, gunmen, Khalis, mortar rounds, Mosul, Ramadi, suicide bomber, Suwayra
