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.
Diyala
Three people were killed and eight others were injured when a bicycle bomb in downtown Baquba around 10 a.m.
A policeman was injured by a roadside bomb that targeted a patrol of the Iraqi police in al Mualimeen neighborhood west Baquba around 11 a.m.
The police forces on Khanaqeen Street northeast of Baquba found the body of a civilians few hours after gunmen kidnapped him by insurgents from his house.
Nineveh
One Iraq soldier was killed and two others injured by a roadside bomb that targeted their patrol in west Mosul on Monday morning.
Gunmen assassinated a civilian in west Mosul on Monday morning.
Around 2 p.m. gunmen opened fire killing the general director of the immigrants and displaced people department in Hamdaniyah district southeast of Mosul city and injured his colleague while the two men were leaving the department.
Two people (Iraqi soldier and an insurgent) were killed after clashes broke out between Iraqi army and insurgents in al Zahraa neighborhood in east Mosul on Monday evening.
Babil
Gunmen killed three Sahwa members in their car while they were going to work in Eskanderiyah town north of Hilla city on Monday morning.
A man was killed and his sister in law was injured when gunmen opened fire upon them south of Hilla city on Monday morning.