A car bomb packed with explosives went off Sunday in a central Baghdad square, killing 10 people and injuring 25, the deadliest attack on a day that claimed the lives of at least 18 others.
The car bomb attack came in central Hussein Square, which has several kebab stalls and other take-out stands, said a police official. The afternoon explosion ripped through stalls and shops, killing 10 and wounding 25, according to officials at the two hospitals where the victims were taken. According to the AP, the dead included two women, and three women and five children were among those injured, said the hospital officials.
In northern Iraq, gunmen ambushed a convoy of border guards, killing six of them along with a civilian, a border guard commander said. When reinforcements pulled in, another guard died in the clash, which took place in the Kani Khal area, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Elsewhere, shootings in the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk and several areas south of Baghdad killed eight people, according to police officers in the areas. Among them were the wife and son of a city council chief, slain outside their home.
In another incident, two Australian security contractors died and another injured in an explosion. They were killed when the vehicle carrying them was hit by an explosive device.
The three men worked for BLP International, a private company based in the United Arab Emirates which provides protective security services.
