Iraq: 11 dead, 19 injured in Baghdad violence

By Ibrahim Saleh

BAGHDAD

Eleven people were killed and 19 others were injured in two suicide attacks in Baghdad on Monday, a senior police source told Anadolu Agency.

“A suicide bomber drove a bomb-laden vehicle into a group of Hashd al-Shaabi [Shia militants] in al-Moshahada district in northeastern Baghdad,” the source said.

The source added that another suicide attack targeted a checkpoint near al-Mothana Bridge in northern Baghdad, leaving six people dead and eight others injured.

Baghdad has been ravaged by a spate of suicide bombings in recent months, for which the authorities have blamed the Daesh terrorist group.