Bomb attack kills seven in western Iraq
Iran Press TV
Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:15PM GMT
At least seven people have been killed in a bomb attack in Iraq’s western al-Anbar Province.
According to police officials, the attack took place Thursday evening at an Iraqi vote counting center in the city of Ramadi after polls closed in provincial elections, Reuters reported on Friday.
The victims included four members of Iraq's electoral commission.
There has recently been an upsurge in violence across Iraq, and the authorities say Qatar and Saudi Arabia have had a hand in some of the deadly incidents.
On June 19, at least 31 people were killed in two coordinated bomb attacks inside and near a Shia Muslim mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
On June 16, at least 51 people lost their lives and many others were injured in a series of bomb attacks and a shooting across the violence-hit country.
The United Nations says a total of 1,045 people were killed and nearly 2,400 were injured in violent incidents across Iraq in May.
Earlier this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative for Iraq Martin Kobler called on the Iraqi leaders to “sit together” to address the country’s problems, including car bomb attacks throughout Iraq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said that militant groups and the remnants of the former Ba’athist regime are responsible for the latest wave of violence.
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