(VOVworld) – A series of bloody attacks in Iraq over the past 2 days killed 31 people and injured 13 others, bringing the number of casualties since the beginning of July to 190.
A car bomb exploded in Mosul city, 400km from Baghdad, on Monday, killing 6 people including 3 children, and wounding 8. The same day, gunmen in Mosul also shot dead Qahtan Sami, the spokesman of the Nineveh governate, while a car bomb killed one person and wounded four in the city. In Madain, south of Baghdad, a bomb exploded near a football field inside a sports club, killing at least five people. An anti-Al Qaeda fighter was killed by a magnetic "sticky bomb" near Baquba, 65 km northeast of Baghdad. Gunmen attacked a checkpoint on a highway in northern Iraq, sparking clashes that killed three pro-government militia fighters and two militants.
Violence has surged in Iraq since the beginning of this year after the minority Sunni launched numerous protests against the Shiite-led government, stating that the ruling government has implemented isolating and discriminating policies. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) reported 761 people were killed and over 1,771 wounded in clashes across Iraq in June.