Iraq car bombs kill 15

June 08, 2013 00:16

Three car bombs, including two blasts by suicide attackers, killed 15 people in Iraq today, the latest in a spike in violence that has sparked fears of all-out sectarian war.

The suicide car bombs struck a police checkpoint near Ramadi, the capital of mostly Sunni Anbar province, killing at least five policemen and wounding eight others, officials said.

And north of Baghdad, a parked vehicle rigged with explosives detonated in the restive town of Muqdadiyah, killing 10 Iranian pilgrims and wounded 30 others.

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