Terrorist attacks across Iraq kill 10 people

At least 10 people have been killed in the latest wave of terrorist attacks in Iraq, as violence in the Arab country shows no sign of abating.

The deadliest incident on Sunday took place in Latifiyah, south of the capital Baghdad where six people were killed by militants, according to security and medical officials.

Two officials reported that the dead were members of a family stabbed to death while others said the six were taken from various houses in the town and shot dead.

Assaults in the volatile northern provinces of Kirkuk, Nineveh and Salaheddin also left four people dead.

Iraq is currently experiencing its deadliest cycle of violence with Anbar Province viewed as the epicenter of the mounting al-Qaeda-linked militancy that has gripped the country’s west over the past few months.

Anbar plunged into violence in December 2013 after the army removed an anti-government protest camp in Ramadi. Authorities said the camp was used as “headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda.” The bloodshed later spread to the nearby city of Fallujah.

Experts and politicians say terrorist groups such as the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are coming to Iraq from neighboring Syria and Saudi Arabia to undermine security in the country.

Baghdad has blamed Riyadh for the chaos, saying the Saudi regime is funding and arming militants fighting against government forces in western Iraq.

The surge in violence has left over 2,400 people dead in Iraq so far this year.