8 killed, 14 injured in Iraq violence

At least eight people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured as violent attacks continue to take place across Iraq.

On Sunday, two separate roadside bomb explosions hit a bus stop and a supermarket in the capital, Baghdad, killing four people and injuring 13 others. Most of the victims were reportedly government employees.
Another roadside bomb attack claimed the life of a teacher in Diyala Province’s Muqdadiyah area.
Also on Sunday, the body of a local council member who had been abducted the day before was found in south of Kirkuk.
Gunmen shot and killed the leader of a local sahwa, or anti-al-Qaeda group and his three-year-old niece near Kirkuk. His 10-year-old nephew was also injured.
On August 17, four policemen were shot dead near the city of Tikrit, north of the capital, Baghdad, as they were buying ice to distribute among soldiers at a nearby checkpoint.
On the same day, three soldiers were killed after being attacked in Muqdadiyah.
The attacks come days after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to fight against the ongoing wave of terrorist attacks in his country.
Maliki, on August 17, warned against the smuggling of weapons and infiltration of foreign terrorists fighting the government in Syria into his country.