- Levels of violence rose slightly in Iraq last week. At least 136 people were killed and 317 injured in nationwide incidents.
A total of 69 non-suicide bomb attacks left 76 people dead and 262 injured. Small arms attacks left 30 people dead and 18 injured.
Seven additional suicide bombings left 29 people dead and 37 injured. The figure would have been higher but the security forces were able to shoot dead several would-be bombers before they were able to detonate their explosives.
Violence was concentrated in Baghdad and the districts surrounding it in Anbar, Babil and Diyala provinces, as well as in Mosul and scattered throughout Salah ad-Din province. There was also a rise in violence around Kirkuk.
The south of the country was quiet, except for a rare shooting in Basrah city. The Kurdish region in the north of the country was also quiet although the security forces reportedly foiled an attempted terrorist attack in Dahuk province.
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Source: AKE
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