Two houses destroyed by gunmen in Babel, killing woman – child

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A group of unknown gunmen have attacked two houses in Iskandariya township of west Iraq’s Babel Province, killing the wife and son of one of the owners of one of the two houses, a Babel police source reported on Tuesday. “The first house belongs to a citizen, called Ali al-Gureity at Martrys district of Iskanadariya township, 50 km to the north of Hilla, the center of Babel Province, whose owner’s wife and his son were killed, along with causing damage to nearby houses,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the second attack took place in Muthanna district of the same township, causing material damage to the attacked house, but no human casualties. Hilla, the center of Babel Province, is 100 km to the southwest of Baghdad. SKH (PT) 73