Baghdad, February 06: Four people have been killed and sixteen injured in the latest spate of terrorist attacks across Iraq, which occurred after a period of relative calm.
On Saturday, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the east of Fallujah in the western province of Anbar, an unnamed security source told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The bombing, which targeted a funeral procession, killed Hamid al-Halbousi, the chief of the al-Halabsa clan, and wounded two other tribal chiefs, the source added.
In the northern province of Salahuddin, two civilians were killed and 14 others were injured in two separate bombing attacks against Shia pilgrims.
In the first attack, an IED exploded near a vehicle close to the Shrine of Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUH) in the town of Samarra, injuring six foreign pilgrims, two Iraqi policemen, and one Iraqi civilian.
In the second attack, a car bomb explosion shook the city of Balad, south of the provincial capital Tikrit. Five Shias were injured in the attack.
And in the capital Baghdad, gunmen shot and killed a civilian in the eastern region of al-Mashtal, security sources said, but gave no more details on the murder.
——–Agencies