Baghdad: At least 14 people were killed and several others injured in bomb attacks across Iraqi capital Baghdad, media reported on Tuesday.
The report stated that militants struck first in a pre-dawn raid Monday in the city of Tarmiyah, 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad, where police said gunmen in at least two cars attacked the local mayor’s office. Three policemen were killed, police and health officials said. The mayor was not in his office at the time.
A half hour later and a few miles (kilometers) away, gunmen targeted a police patrol in a drive-by shooting. Two policemen were killed, officials said.
A few hours later, two carloads of robbers armed with grenades and guns killed nine people and wounded 14 in a coordinated strike on an eastern Baghdad gold market, city police said. The militants simultaneously attacked jewelry stores and a nearby checkpoint.
Police said the gunmen stole gold and cash after the late-morning heist, which the insurgents pulled off despite a gunfight with nearby security forces. Al-Baydhani said one of the gunmen was arrested but the rest escaped.
It is to be mentioned here that almost 26,000 forces — including more than 4,000 from Iraq’s north and south — are expected to be deployed on International airport, on main highways, at hotels and around the already-heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad to protect heads of state and economic and foreign ministers from among the 22 League nations that are attending the Annual Arab League summit.
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