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Attacks kill 33; 13 corpses found

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM
Mourners grieve for a man killed Monday in a bombing at a café in Sadriyah, a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. Officials in Iraq say scores have been killed in a double bombing at a market and other attacks across Iraq on Monday. - ap

BAGHDAD (AP):

Attacks across Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a Sunni funeral, killed at least 33 yesterday, authorities said, while police found 13 bodies at two different locations with gunshot wounds to their heads.

Bodies were frequently found dumped during the height of Iraq's sectarian violence in 2006 and 2007, when the country was at the edge of civil war. Although monthly death tolls are still significantly lower than they were then, a seven-month spike of violence that shows little sign of abating has raised fears that widespread killing may be rekindled.

Eight of the corpses were found dumped in farmland in the Sunni-dominated Arab Jabour district, a police officer said. All of the dead, men believed to be between the ages of 25 and 35, suffered gunshots to their heads, he said.

Arab Jabour, a former insurgent stronghold, is located about 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Baghdad.