Seven killed in Iraq violence

Attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq on Sunday killed seven people, including three who died when two bombs exploded as they were playing football, security officials said.
The three youths were killed and 14 were wounded when two roadside bombs exploded as they played football in the Jihad neighbourhood of south Baghdad, an interior ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. In the central city of Baquba, 60 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, three policemen were killed and four others were wounded when unidentified gunmen fired at a checkpoint, according to the city's operations headquarters, which oversees security. And in Qaiyara a policeman was killed and another was injured when a roadside bomb exploded, a local policeman said.