At least 15 more Iraqis lost their lives Saturday as Iraq's cities continued to be plagued by bloodshed and ongoing violence, reported Deutsche Presse Agentur dpa. At least 11 people were killed and 34 wounded in two explosions in eastern Baghdad, police sources said. Two suicide attackers detonated their explosive-laden vehicles in the busy district of New Baghdad as its commercial streets swarmed with buyers and Iraqis hawking different merchandise. The vehicles were detonated successively and in close proximity, the authorities said. In this mixed area of the capital, where Sunnis, Kurds and Shiites live together, there was a police station and a cinema close to the site of bombing. The police station may have been the target, according to a police source who spoke to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity. In addition to the deaths, the impact of the twin bombs caused serious damage to nearby shops and houses. Also on Saturday, two unidentified bodies were discovered and at least four people were killed Saturday as violence ripped through Kirkuk, 250 kilometres north of Baghdad. In one incident, an explosive-laden vehicle blew up. According to police sources, a group of armed militants were inside the car when it exploded, and a number of rockets were found near the blazing car. It was not clear if the vehicle was accidentally detonated. Separately, Katyusha artillery rockets also fell on Kirkuk's airport, which also acts as a base for the US military. No further details were disclosed. Kirkuk senior police officer Sarhad Qader said that two bodies were discovered. The victims had been blindfolded and their hands were bound, but it was not immediately clear whether they had been tortured. In another development, armed men attacked a minibus, shooting down two Shiite Iraqis and wounding four others.
