The daily Iraqi violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It’s posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy’s Washington Bureau.
Baghdad
A policeman was injured in an IED explosion that targeted Iraqi police patrol on Mohammed al Qasim high way in east Baghdad around 8:00 a.m.
Three policemen were injured in an IED explosion that targeted a walking police patrol in Zayuna neighborhood in east Baghdad around 9:00 a.m.
Police found four bodies in Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (1 body in Husseiniyah, 1 body in Shaab, 1 body in Doura and 1 body in Shoala.
Salahuddin
A civilian was killed when a mortar shell hit Tal Jwad village near Biji city north of Tikrit on Monday morning.
Diyala
Three policemen were killed and two civilians were injured in an IED explosion that targeted a police patrol in Sadiyah town north of Baquba on Monday morning.