Attacks in Iraq killed 15 people Saturday in the run-up to next week’s first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew, AFP reported on Saturday, April 26th.
Shootings and blasts in the capital came a day after a twin bombing killed 36 people, the deadliest single attack during campaigning for Wednesday’s polls.
A bomb inside a central Baghdad cafe killed three people on Saturday, and gunmen killed four others in shootings around the capital, security and medical officials said.
In Salaheddin province north of Baghdad, a series of attacks left eight people dead.
In one incident, gunmen killed four soldiers, while militants elsewhere in the province killed a provincial councilor and three of his guards.
Also in Salaheddin, insurgents detonated bombs at two polling centres but did not cause any casualties.
A police officer said at least two of the Baghdad assassinations appeared to be revenge attacks for Friday’s twin bombings targeting the political rally.
Friday evening’s car bomb followed by a suicide attack hit a rally for the Sadiqun bloc, the political wing of the Asaib Ahel al-Haq (League of the Righteous) militia, killing 36 people.