BAGHDAD - Ten people were killed across on Iraq Thursday in a series of bombings and shootings. On Wednesday, a government national security statement said armed men had burst into a pair of Baghdad schools and slit two teachersÂ’ throats in view of the children. It gave no date for the slayings, however.In violence on the ground, two policemen were killed in a roadside bombing against a passing patrol in Al Khalis, 80 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
One policeman was killed and two others wounded in a similar roadside bombing also against a police patrol in the restive city of Baquba, 60 kilometers (36 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
In two separate shootings, gunmen killed four civilians in and around Baquba, a security official said. In the past few weeks, Baquba has seen a surge in rebel attacks that has left dozens dead.
Two civilians were killed and five wounded in a car bomb attack near a British military patrol near the southern city of Basra. A British military spokesman said no casualties were suffered by its forces in the attack “which did not appear to be targeting the multinational forces.”