Overnight Attacks in Iraq kill at Least 16 People

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Attacks overnight in two Iraqi cities killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday.

In one of the attacks, mortar rounds rained down on Shiite neighborhoods in the town of Mahmoudiya Sunday night, killing 11 civilians and wounding 31, a police official said.

And in Baghdad’s western suburb of Abu Ghraib, a roadside bomb struck an army patrol, killing two soldiers and three volunteers. Eight people were wounded in that attack, said the police official.

Two medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team