[Emirates 24/7] Iraqi officials say kabooms have killed six people, including a father and son who were assembling a makeshift bomb that accidentally detonated inside their home.The two were killed in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday. Police Col. Anwar Qadir said the man's wife, daughter and another child were maimed in the blast, which damaged their home.
In Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
, a roadside kaboom targeted an Iraqi military convoy in the capital's western suburb of Abu Ghraib. A police official says four soldiers were killed.
A health official confirmed the casualty figures from that attack. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.