Iraq violence claims 19 lives
24/03/2006 - 09:24:39Suspected insurgents killed three Iraqi policemen and wounded another in a drive-by shooting in west Baghdad this morning.
North of the capital, more drive-by shooters gunned down three power station employees on their way to work in Taji, police said.
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in south Baghdad’s Saydiyah neighbourhood killed another policeman, said police 1st Lt. Akeel Fadhil. Nearby, gunmen broke into a bakery and killed four employees.
Retaliatory killings between Shiite and Sunni Muslims have become common in the capital ever since the February 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad triggered a wave of sectarian violence.
Baghdad police said they discovered eight bodies, blindfolded and shot, in the Binok and Kazimiyah neighbourhoods today.
