Funeral Bombing, Other Attacks Leave 33 Iraqis Dead, 131 Wounded

Funeral Bombing, Other Attacks Leave 33 Iraqis Dead, 131 Wounded

Margaret Griffis

At least 33 Iraqis were killed and 131 were wounded in a series of attacks in central and northern Iraq. A retaliatory attack against a Sunni funeral took place in Baghdad while bombing against civilians and security personnel took place in the north.

In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 42 more when he entered a funeral tent for a Sunni man in the Doura neighborhood. Gunmen killed two young men in Mashtal. Two dumped bodies were found in Husseiniya. In Adhamiya yesterday, a Sahwa official was assassinated.
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives in a residential neighborhood of Kirkuk where he wounded 51 people. Within the neighborhood is a Kurdish educational center and the home of a Christian lawmaker. A separate bombing wounded five policemen.
In Mosul, five policemen were killed and 20 more security members were wounded when two bombs were detonated at a checkpoint south of the city. A roadside bomb targeting a convoy killed two soldiers and wounded two more. Gunmen killed a policeman at his home. A bomb wounded two civilians. Seven civilians were wounded when bombs demolished a number of homes.
A civilian was killed and another was wounded when gunmen shot at their car in Abu Saida.
A Sahwa member was shot dead in Shurqat.
An explosion near Saidiya wounded a soldier.

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