BAGHDAD: Attacks in Iraq killed 10 people yesterday, the latest in a wave of bloodshed mostly targeting Shiite Muslims that has left 119 dead in the past three days amid fears the country is slipping back into all-out war.
The surge in violence has also wounded more than 300 others, and comes as the country grapples with a protracted political stand-off and months of anti-government protests, with analysts warning the deadlock is unlikely to be resolved at least until general elections due next year.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but Sunni militants linked to Al-Qaeda often target Shiites.
In the latest attack, a bomb went off in the Nahrawan area of southeast Baghdad yesterday, killing seven people and wounding at least 14 others, security and medical sources said.
Violence north of Baghdad, meanwhile, left three people dead. Three militants were also killed in separate incidents.
Yesterday’s violence came after a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq a day earlier killed 57, with 49 others having died in unrest on Monday.
And, according to one lawmaker, the situation is unlikely to get any better as Iraq heads into Ramadan, traditionally a month when insurgents look to step up their attacks.
“Nothing will change,” Hassan Jihad, a Kurdish MP on Parliament’s security and defense committee, told AFP.
