Suicide bombings, shooting, kill 16 in #Iraq
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Attacks in central Iraq, including two suicide car bombings aimed at checkpoints, killed 16 people on Monday, security and medical officials said. The latest #violence came as Iraq suffers a protracted surge in bloodshed that has killed more than 2,700 people so far this year. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle rigged with explosives at a police checkpoint in the Suweirah area, south of Baghdad, killing 13 people and wounding 35, an officer and a medical source said. read more