Seven Iraqis killed in shooting, bombing attacks in Baghdad

Seven Iraqis were killed in separate shooting and bombing attacks in the capital Baghdad on Sunday, police sources and witnesses said.

Gunmen in two cars opened fire at shops in a main market of Baiyaa neighborhood in southern Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing three shopkeepers and wounding a pedestrian, a well-informed police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Ahmad Sami, a witness at the scene also told Xinhua that, "Gunmen in a BMW and an Opel cars showered the shops with bullets at about 8:30 a.m. (0530 GMT), killing three Sunni shopkeepers and wounding a passing young man".

Many shops in the area closed their doors after the attack, he added.

Earlier, gunmen opened fire at the convoy of Habib Abdul Hussein al-Shemmary, a director general in the Education Ministry, in Zaiyouna neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

The official escaped unhurt, but two of his bodyguards were killed, local police said.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb missed passing police patrols on a highway near Baghdad's University of Technology in eastern Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding another.

Source: Xinhua