Civilian shot dead in armed attack southeast of Baghdad
Iraqi soldiers carry a victim of an armed attack
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was shot dead in an armed attack in Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source told IKH News.
“Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the civilian while going out of his house at Al-Mada’in district southeast of Baghdad, leaving him dead,” the source said.
“A security force sealed off the site, while the dead body was carried to the forensic medicine department,” the source said, adding that a manhunt was launched for the assailants.
Earlier in the day, two people were injured in a bomb blast north of Baghdad.
“An explosive device planted near a market in Suleikh region in Baghdad went off, leaving two civilians injured,” a source told IKH News.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
About 114 Iraqi civilians were killed, while 244 others were wounded as result of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts, according to a monthly release by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), issued on November 8.
Baghdad was the most affected province, coming in the first place with 177 civilian casualties (38 killed, 139 injured). Anbar province followed with 36 killed and 55 injured, and then Kirkuk with 18 killed and 33 injured.