BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say attacks across the country have killed 11 people, including three Pakistani pilgrims.

Police officials say the deadliest among Wednesday’s attacks was in the town of Khalis, where a suicide bomber struck a group of Shia pilgrims, killing six and wounding 16. Khalis is about 80km north of Baghdad.

Outside the city of Samarra, 95km north of Baghdad, gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims, killing three Pakistanis and wounding 12, along with two Iraqis – the group’s driver and the translator.

At a checkpoint in the western city of Ramadi, a suicide car bomber killed two policemen and wounded five.—AP

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