BAGHDAD: Attacks in and around Baghdad and north Iraq killed seven people yesterday, pushing the 2014 death toll to more than 3,500, according to one tally.
Four people died in a roadside bombing in a market area of the predominantly Sunni Arab town of Tarmiyah north of Baghdad, officials said.
Separate bombings in Latifiyah, south of the capital, and in Salaheddin province in the north killed two soldiers, and a civil servant was shot dead in Baghdad itself.
Iraq’s election commission yesterday said the results from last month’s general election would finally be released within days
The Independent High Electoral Commission said delays in the count after the April 30 vote were because of a litany of complaints, and said provisional results — which are subject to further challenge — would be published either today or tomorrow.
Although results have not been released, political parties have nevertheless sought to build alliances in a bid to get a head start on government formation, with incumbent Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki seeking a third term.
Maliki’s critics accuse him of consolidating power and blame him for a marked deterioration in security in recent months.
AFP
