Baghdad: At least six people have been killed and 20 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near an anti-Qaeda militiaman’s home in western Iraq on Friday, the latest victims of a spike in nationwide unrest, media reported on Friday.
According to reports, the suicide car bombing in Ramadi, capital of the predominantly Sunni province of Anbar, targeted Sahwa fighter Rabah al-Bahiya but he was not at home at the time of the attack, officials said.
The blast killed six people — four men and two women — and wounded 22 others, including five women, a police major and a medic at the city’s hospital said.
The Sahwa are made up of Sunni Arab tribesmen who joined forces with the US military against Al-Qaeda from late 2006, helping turn the tide of the insurgency.
The latest violence comes amid a spike in attacks, with Iraq suffering a wave of unrest in June that left at least 282 people dead, according to a news tally, though government figures said 131 Iraqis died.
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