Multiple Baghdad area attacks kill at least 14
Separate attacks in different suburbs of Baghdad on Monday killed at least 14 people and wounded 43 others amid a massive government-run military operation to drive Islamic State militants from the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said.
Police saod the deadliest among the attacks took place in Arab Jabour in southern Baghdad when two mortar rounds landed in a residential area, killing four civilians and wounding 11 others.
In the western suburb of Abu Ghraib, three roadside bombs hit an Iraqi army patrol, killing an officer and two soldiers and wounding eight troops, police added. Other attacks targeted anti-ISIS Sunni tribal fighters, a checkpoint and two outdoor markets.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.
