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| BAGHDAD — Unidentified gunmen stormed the house of a Health Ministry employee in a city north of the capital on Sunday and killed him, his wife and their three children, the police and medical officials said. Other attacks across the country left at least 14 more dead, officials said. | BAGHDAD — Unidentified gunmen stormed the house of a Health Ministry employee in a city north of the capital on Sunday and killed him, his wife and their three children, the police and medical officials said. Other attacks across the country left at least 14 more dead, officials said. |
| The ministry employee lived in Sadiya, a largely Sunni city in Diyala Province, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. The attackers entered the house early Sunday morning and killed all five members of the family, including the couple’s two sons, who were 10 to 15 years old, and a daughter, said to be 8. Witnesses said they saw three masked gunmen. | |
| Also on Sunday, gunmen in a car in Salahuddin Province opened fire on an army checkpoint, killing three soldiers, the police said. The attack was one of several that day, underscoring the deterioration of the country’s security since the withdrawal of American troops in 2011. | Also on Sunday, gunmen in a car in Salahuddin Province opened fire on an army checkpoint, killing three soldiers, the police said. The attack was one of several that day, underscoring the deterioration of the country’s security since the withdrawal of American troops in 2011. |
| In Baghdad, the capital, a bomb blew up a minibus, killing two people and wounding three others. In Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad, another bomb killed three people on a minibus and wounded seven others, the police said. | In Baghdad, the capital, a bomb blew up a minibus, killing two people and wounding three others. In Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold in Baghdad, another bomb killed three people on a minibus and wounded seven others, the police said. |
| In northern Iraq, gunmen killed a journalist near her house in Mosul on Sunday evening, the police said. The journalist, Nawras al-Nuaimi, worked for a local television channel, Al-Mosuliyah, the police said. | In northern Iraq, gunmen killed a journalist near her house in Mosul on Sunday evening, the police said. The journalist, Nawras al-Nuaimi, worked for a local television channel, Al-Mosuliyah, the police said. |
| In Husseiniya, a largely Shiite neighborhood in northern Baghdad, a bomb in a parked car exploded, killing four people and wounding 11, according to the police and medical workers. And in Amil, in western Baghdad, an explosion at a market killed one person and wounded three others, the police said. | In Husseiniya, a largely Shiite neighborhood in northern Baghdad, a bomb in a parked car exploded, killing four people and wounding 11, according to the police and medical workers. And in Amil, in western Baghdad, an explosion at a market killed one person and wounded three others, the police said. |