2 civilians killed, 9 wounded in Baghdad blast
Explosion in Baghdad (Representational photo)ز
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two civilians were killed and seven others were wounded on Sunday when an IED exploded north of the capital, according to security sources.
The bomb was planted on the side of a main road in Saba al-Bour, north of Baghdad.
Baghdad recurrently witnesses suicide bombings and booby-trap explosions, The violence surged with Islamic State militants taking over large areas of the country.
On Friday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said violence during November claimed the lives of 926 civilians and wounded 930 people.
Since 2014, violence surged in Iraq with the Islamic State militants taking over wide areas of the country, and the United Nations said earlier this month that 58000 people died since then.
Observers believe ISIS have begun to target several areas across Iraq to divert security focus on Mosul, where the group fights to defend its last bastion in Iraq under the brunt of continuous advancements by Iraqi government and popular troops.