Originally published on November 14, 2013 <br /><br />The city mayor of Fallujah and at least 22 police officers and civilians are among those who died in attacks across Iraq on Wednesday. <br /><br />According to reports, the Fallujah city mayor, Adnan Hussein, was visiting a sewage pumping station to supervise a clean-up project when he was assassinated. <br /><br />Gunmen on foot arrived at the scene, opened fire and killed him.<br /><br />The same day, three roadside bombs exploded near a group of Shi'ite pilgrims near the city of Baquba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad. <br /><br />They gathered in occasion of Ashoura, the remembrance commemorating the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century.<br /><br />The attack killed eight people, including two children, and wounded 35, a police officer said according to AP. <br /><br />A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden truck into a police checkpoint outside the city of Tikrit. According to reports, at least 8 people were killed. Other 18 were wounded. <br /><br />"A truck driver reached the checkpoint," police colonel Khalid Mahdi said, "and when asked by police to pull over, a powerful blast happened, killing two policemen and eight innocent passers-by."<br />Other bombs were detonated by militants near police officers' homes in the town of Karmah, west of the Iraqi capital. The attack killed four people and wounded 24.<br /><br />And in Baghdad's western suburb of Abu Ghraib, a bomb targeted a police patrol, killed one officer and wounded seven. <br /><br />There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Wednesday's attacks, but Iraqi officials blame the bloodshed on al Qaeda.<br /><br />According to AP, suicide attacks and bombings, especially against Iraqi forces and Shiites, are a favorite tactic of al-Qaida's local branch.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world.<br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
