At Least 14 Killed İn Violence Across Iraq

At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured in bomb attacks and acts of violence in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and in Mosul, sources said Monday.



Iraqi Deputy President Osama al-Nujaifi said in a statement that Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, militants had attacked villages between Mosul's Sinjar and Rabia regions killing five people and injuring several others.



Nujaifi called on the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government to initiate an immediate investigation into the matter.



Security sources said that at least four people were killed and 16 injured in the capital Baghdad following three bomb attacks in Er-Rashidiya, Abu Ghraib and Al-Mahmudiyah districts.



The Baghdad Operation Force said in a statement that at least five Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants had been killed by Iraqi security forces in El-Heytaviyeyn district.



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