Deadly suicide bombings in Iraq
At least seven dead in wave of bombings in Anbar and Salaheddin as violence continues.
Attacks in Iraq, including two suicide bombings, have killed three soldiers and four civilians, security and medical officials said.
In Anbar province, west of Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle near an army checkpoint at an entrance to the town of Heet at about 7:30am (0430 GMT) on Friday, killing three soldiers and wounding five.
While the mostly Sunni Anbar province was home to fighter strongholds in past years, it has been relatively quiet in recent weeks, with most of the latest violence seen in Baghdad and several northern provinces, which are more mixed.
Also on Friday, another suicide bomber blew up a vehicle near a police checkpoint in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, killing three people and wounding seven, while a roadside bomb near the home of a Shia family in Diyala province’s capital Baquba killed one person and wounded two.
Violence has reached a level unseen since 2008, and there are fears Iraq may relapse into the kind of intense Sunni-Shiite bloodshed that peaked in 2006-2007 and killed tens of thousands of people.
More than 60 people have been killed in attacks so far this month, and over 4,750 since the beginning of the year, according to AFP figures based on security and medical sources.