Defeated al-Qaeda and its fraction terrorists in Syria faced to Iraq 13 casualties
At least 13 people have been killed in a day of bombings and shootings in Iraq as violence surges in the country, police say.
On Wednesday, militants opened fire against Diyala provincial councilor Ahmed al-Harbi’s two-vehicle convoy in Muqdadiyah, northeast of the capital Baghdad, killing him and two of his guards, police said.
Staff Major General Mohammed al-Dulaimi said a bomb also exploded near the convoy of Education Minister Mohammed Tamim in the northern province of Kirkuk, which left no casualties.
In the village of Bayukh, situated in the north of the city of Mosul, seven people were killed and 13 others injured by a car bomb explosion.
Two anti-al-Qaeda Sahwa fighters were shot dead in the Dhuluiyah area, north of the capital, while a police officer was killed in the northern city of Tikrit.
The attacks came as the country is heading towards an important election on April 30.
Iraqi troops, backed by local Sunni tribesmen, have been fighting al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in the country’s western regions, including Anbar province, since late December 2013.
Iraq’s Interior Ministry has said that militants have launched an open war in Iraq and they want to push the Middle Eastern country into chaos.
