Iraqi judge killed in Iraq

One Iraqi judge and his driver were killed in Musil city, in the north of Iraq, after unidentified gunmen opened fire from a car on him before they had escaped, according to a source at the Iraqi police in the city.

In al-Hindeyah area, in the east of the city of Karbala, member of the dissolved Baath party was killed at the hands of persons wearing the costumes of the Iraqi police, upon his return back to his town situated to the south of Baghdad.

In another development, the Iraqi ministry of the interior announced that five Iraqi marines were injured in a booby trapped car explosion on Thursday in their procession in al-Saleikh area to the south of Baghdad.

In Karkouk, an official in the Iraiq police said that eight Iraqis were injured, three of them are in critical health conditions, in a booby trapped car explosion when one convoy for the Iraqi army was running in Karkouk city, 255 km to the north east of Baghdad..

This came after suicide attacks and attacks against the Iraqi police intensified in Iraq and resulted in killing 46 Iraqis and wounding other scores.