The daily Iraq 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
- Two parked car bombs exploded in front of Trade Bank of Iraq building in Al Mamoun neighborhood around 11 a.m. The two explosions took place on a crowded main road near an Iraqi security checkpoint. The attacks claimed the lives of 26 people and injured 53 others.
Nineveh
- A roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle in central Mosul resulted in injuring four policemen including police Lt. Col. Nathim Hussein.