3 dead, 8 wounded in Baghdad bombings, shooting
At least three people have been killed and eight others injured in two separate bomb explosions and a shooting incident across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to the country's security and medical officials.
A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a civilian was killed and five others sustained injuries when a bombing attack struck a commercial district in the al-Obeidi neighborhood of eastern Baghdad on Monday, Arabic-language satellite television network al-Baghdadia reported.
Security forces immediately cordoned off the site of the attack, and ambulance workers ferried the wounded to a nearby hospital.
Earlier in the day, an anti-al-Qaeda Sahwa tribal fighter was killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device exploded in the capital’s southern neighborhood of al-Mahmoudiyah.
Also on Monday, a woman was gunned down after unidentified gunmen opened fire on her in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of al-Rashad. The assailants later fled the scene in a car.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. However, Iraqi officials usually blame such assaults on the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) says a total of 1,031 Iraqis were killed and another 1,684 were wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in May. According to the UN mission, the number of civilian fatalities stood at 665. Violence also claimed the lives of 366 members of the Iraqi security forces. A great portion of the fatalities was recorded in Baghdad, where 343 civilians were killed.
The northern and western parts of Iraq have witnessed gruesome violence ever since ISIL Takfiri militants began their march through Iraqi territory in June 2014. Units of army soldiers and volunteer fighters have joined forces and are seeking to take back militant-held regions in joint operations.
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