Gunmen broke into the home of a Health Ministry employee in a town north of Iraq's capital and killed him and his family, as attacks across the country left a total of 10 dead today, officials said.
The attackers used guns fitted with silencers killed the employee, his wife, two sons and a 10-year old daughter as they slept in their home in Sadiyah early this morning, police said, adding that they are investigating the incident but have no motive for the attack or any suspects.
Sadiyah is 95 kilometres north of Baghdad.
Also, a bomb attached to a bus killed two commuters and wounded seven in Waziriyah neighbourhood in northern Baghdad, police said. In the northern city of Mosul, a roadside bomb missed an army patrol but killed two civilians and wounded four, authorities said.
Also in Mosul, gunmen shot dead Nawras al-Nuaimi, a female TV presenter working for a local channel, as she was walking near her house this night, said police.
Health officials confirmed the death toll for all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to journalists.
Violence has been on the rise in Iraq since a deadly crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in a northern town in April. At least 214 people have died in attacks across the country so far this month, according to an Associated Press count.
