Mortar strikes, clashes in Baghdad Shiite area leave 4 dead, including children

Mortar shells slammed into a residential area north of Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding 30, most children playing outside, officials said Sunday.

The shelling occurred as clashes broke out in Shiite areas late Saturday despite a truce reached last week by Shiite politicians and followers of anti-US Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (AP)