Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq-Monday 24 November 2008
By Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy Newspapers
The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.
Baghdad
- Around 7:30 a.m. a magnetic bomb detonated under a bus for Ministry of Trade employees carrying 18 passengers – 17 female employees and a child. Fourteen passengers were killed, including the child. Three women and the bus driver were wounded, police and witnesses said.
- Around 8:30 a.m. a female suicide bomber detonated near the checkpoint three outside the International Zone where the U.S. embassy and Iraqi government buildings are located. Iraqi police say five people were killed – three civilians and two Iraqi soldiers – and 2 others were wounded. The U.S. military confirmed one death, the Iraqi soldier, and eight injuries.
- Around 11 a.m. a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Sinaa street near the Technology University in the Karrada neighborhood (east Baghdad). One person was killed and five others were wounded, including three policemen.
- A mortar hit Meda’in town ( south of Baghdad). Six people were wounded.
Diyala
- Gunmen killed three brothers in Thiaba village of Muqdadiyah town (east of Baquba) around 11 a m.
Mosul
- A sniper killed a policeman in Borsa neighborhood in Mosul city.
- Gunmen opened fire on policemen in Intisar neighborhood in Mosul city. One policeman was injured.
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