4 tribal leaders among 7 killed in Iraq attacks
At least seven people were killed yesterday in Iraq, a day after a suicide bombing claimed the lives of four tribal leaders fighting al-Qaeda, security officials said.
Four civilians were killed when a roadside bomb struck their bus in the centre of the northern city of Mosul, police Brigadier General Abdel Karim al-Juburi said.
Another six people, including a woman and her daughter, were wounded in the morning attack in the city's Raas al-Jadha area, he said.
Two people were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, while a street vendor walking on a road in the city of Baquba was shot dead by unknown gunmen, security officials said.
The early morning bombing in Baghdad's eastern Al-Baladiyat neighbourhood that also wounded seven civilians was aimed at police but instead hit a minibus, an official said.
"The explosion missed a police patrol and ripped through a bus carrying civilians," he said.
The latest attacks came after a suicide bomber exploded his vest inside a house on Friday, killing four tribal leaders spearheading the fight against al-Qaeda in the restive Diyala province, police and the US military said.
The attack took place late Friday in Sheikh Taha al-Obeidi's home in Dojemah, near the town of Khalis about 50km north of Baghdad, Khalis police official Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed al-Obeidi said.
"Several people were inside the house. The explosion killed four tribal leaders, all members of the Diyala Awakening Council," Obeidi said.
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