Wife and Son of Police Chief Are Among 50 Killed in Iraq - New York Times

Wife and Son of Police Chief Are Among 50 Killed in Iraq - New York Times: "BAGHDAD, June 8 — More than 50 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Friday, including 14 who died when gunmen stormed a police chief’s home northeast of Baghdad and raked the occupants with automatic fire.

The police chief, staying elsewhere for the night, survived. His wife and son were among the dead.

At least 34 others were killed in two bombing attacks, one in the northern city of Daquq, about 30 miles south of Kirkuk, and the other in the southern city of Qurna, 60 miles north of Basra. In a familiar pattern, both bombings involved successive explosions set at close quarters in crowded areas, a technique often used to maximize casualties.

The Daquq bombings struck a Shiite mosque and a nearby police station. The attack began when two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests in the forecourt of a mosque frequented by supporters of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, followed by a car bomb close by, according to the local police. They said at least 19 people died, and more than 20 were wounded." Read complete post here.