(KUNA) -- Thirteen people were killed and 34 more were injured in separate incidents in Baghdad and Najaf on Saturday, Iraqi police reported. An Iraqi police source said in press statements today that two bombs exploded when an Iraqi patrol passed by Al-Wizariya area north of Baghdad. The explosion killed two people and wounded 20 others, the source added. The Iraqi police also found four unidentified bodies with bullet wounds in Baghdad. Yesterday, three guards of Al-Imam Ali's shrine were killed by armed men in Najaf, south of Iraq, the Iraqi police added.Captain Muthana Abu Al-Hareth Al-Maamouri, a Babil Iraqi police spokesman, told KUNA over the phone that three Iraqi policemen were killed and 14 others were injured when a booby-trapped mini bus targeting a police station exploded south of Baghdad.
The US Army announced today that it killed three armed men when it launched air strikes against a house sheltering insurgents south of Baghdad. A statement by the US army said US jets spotted three terrorists launching mortar shells from a small truck in Al-Yousefiya town south of Baghdad.
Meanwhile, five people were killed in two separate incidents in Diyala governorate north east of Baghdad. A statement by the Diyala police station said three policemen were killed today in armed attacks near Baaqouba town. Also two other civilians were killed in armed attacks in the Sheikhi district located in Al-Miqdadiya north east of Baaqouba, the statement added.