Violence Kills at Least 14 in Iraq

Jun 10, 11:52 AM

Current Headlines: At least 14 people, including seven police officers, died Sunday in violence in Iraq.

Seven Iraqi police officers died and at least 52 other people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car in the village of Albu Ajil, east of Tikrit, the hometown of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

In southwestern Baghdad, two car bombs exploded 15 minutes apart at separate fuel stations, killing at least three people and wounding at least 12 others, BBC News reported. The attacks targeted cars in line at the stations.

Also in southwestern Baghdad, U.S. troops Sunday raided an office affiliated with radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, killing at least three people and wounding 19, the Iraqi Interior Ministry reported.

In separate shelling, U.S. forces fired on a civilian car approaching the office, killing one person and wounding four others, the official said. Area residents then opened fire on the U.S. troops and gun battles ensued between the soldiers and unknown assailants, BBC reported. A humvee was destroyed during the fight.