Iraq, October 08: Five people have been killed, including two policemen, and 13 others have been wounded in two attacks in Iraq, police officials say.
In the deadlier attack, three civilians were killed by a bomb placed inside a barber shop in the town of Yusfiyah, about 25 km south of Baghdad.
The attack occurred about 5pm (1am AEDT) and left 10 other people injured, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Yusfiyah is a predominantly Sunni town which lies within a confessionally mixed region known as the Triangle of Death due to the frequency of insurgent attacks during the worst of Iraq’s insurgency after the 2003 US-led invasion.
In Saadiyeh north of the capital, two policemen, including a lieutenant-colonel, died when a roadside bomb targeted their patrol in the morning, a police official said.
The blast also left three policemen injured in the town, 140 km north of Baghdad in Diyala province.
Violent deaths in Iraq dropped by more than half in September compared to the previous month, official figures showed last week, with 203 people killed across the country.
September’s death toll was the lowest since May, when 155 people were killed.
—Agencies