By IANS,
Baghdad: As many as 46 people were killed and 71 wounded as Iraq witnessed a string of attacks in different parts Wednesday.
Ten people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral around 25 km from the capital city, reported Xinhua citing a police source.
In Ramadi city, two suicide bomber blew themselves, killing four policemen and wounding 12 at a police station. Three policemen were killed and eight injured when some gunmen attacked another station.
Two soldiers were injured when a roadside bomb struck an army patrol in Qaim city on the Iraqi-Syrian border. In Baghdad, police found eight bodies in Arab Jubour area and five bodies in Shula district.
In another incident, five members of a family were shot dead when some gunmen broke into their house in Baghdad’s Hurriyah district. Meanwhile, two people were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a crowded market in Baghdad’s Doura district.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed a person and wounded four.
In Diyala province, a security guard was killed and nine wounded when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into their checkpoint in Jbara town.
A member of the government-backed Sahwa paramilitary group was killed along with his wife when unidentified gunmen broke into their house. Meanwhile, gunmen shot dead a civilian near his house in the Bani Saad town.
Three soldiers were injured when a roadside bomb went off near an army patrol in Hashmiyat area.
In Mosul city, gunmen shot dead a taxi driver and two teachers in Hadhar town. In another incident, a taxi driver was killed in Hadhar when a bomb exploded in his car.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.