News, June , 2007
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Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names. |
92 Iraqis Killed on June 8, 2007
Iraq News Agency (INA):
The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that 92 Iraqis were killed on June 8, 2007.
- Fifty-nine Iraqis were killed and 55 were injured in attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Ba'aqouba, on Friday.
- The Iraqi police also found bodies of 32 people in Baghdad.
- US forces killed an Iraqi and injured 12 in Al-Ramadi.
Associated Press (AP):
The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) reported that Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on June , 2007. The AP reported the following news.
Gunmen Storm Iraqi Police Chief's Home, Killing Family Members; at Least 77 Killed Nationwide
By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer
Jun 8, 2007, 7:22 PM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) --
Dozens of gunmen swooped into a police chief's home Friday, killing his wife and two brothers and kidnapping three of his grown children.
The attackers, armed with machine guns and rifles, drove up at 6:30 a.m., then battled their way into Col. Ali Dilayan al-Jorani's house on the outskirts of Baqouba, in Diyala province 35 miles northeast of the capital, according to officers at the provincial police center. Eleven guards also were killed, they said.
Bombings also struck to the north and the south of the capital as at least 77 Iraqis were killed nationwide.
Worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a Shi'i mosque in Dakok, near the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, were struck by a parked car bombing that killed at least 19 people, police Brig. Gen. Sarhat Qadir said.
About five minutes later, a suicide bomber was spotted driving toward the mosque but police in a nearby station opened fire on him and he exploded, Qadir said. At least 25 people were wounded in the twin attacks, most in the parked car bomb.
A parked minibus exploded at a terminal in the predominantly Shi'i town of Qurnah, 300 miles southeast of Baghdad, and hospital officials said at least 16 people were killed and 32 wounded.
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