16 dead in Iraqi violence
The death toll in two attacks in Iraq has risen to 16 today.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden white car near the central city, killing 11 Iraqi police commandos and injuring 14 other people, including two US soldiers.
And in Baghdad, gunmen killed five female translators working for the US military.
The translators “were heading home when gunmen driving two cars sprayed them with machine-gun fire,” said police Captain Ahmed Aboud. Both attacks took place on Thursday night.
