Summary of News on Sunday, 28 Oct

Summary of News on Sunday, 28 Oct For the third day of Eid Al-Adha, nothing has changed in the spike of violence. Rampant attacks and explosions targeting civilians continue to plague the nation, Baghdad especially.   Two children in Hillah suffered burn injuries from a fire started by playing with fireworks. Two car bombs exploded outside a hospital gate in the east of Baghdad, killing at least seven civilians and injuring twenty others. In the north of Baghdad, another car bomb exploded in a courtyard, killing, in the area, at least ten civilians and wounding twenty-eight others. An explosive device went off in the south of Baghdad, killing two and injuring four others. Two mortar shells fell in a village in the northeast of Baquba, injuring two of its innocent inhabitants and damaging a number of houses.   The Deputy Director of Hygiene Department was severely injured in the east ofBaghdad, after a hail of bullets fired by unidentified gunmen hit him in his car. An employee of the “Iraqi Red Crescent Society” was severely injured as an explosive device went off beneath his car in the north of Kut.   Fighters attacked a governmental police checkpoint in the northeast of Baquba,killing two of them, and injuring three others, including an officer, and escaping the area. Another checkpoint was attacked in the west of Mosul, killing one of the governmental police and injuring two others.       HEYET Net