Eleven people were killed in scattered violence around Iraq on Saturday, including eight who died when a suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint, while police in Baghdad found the bodies of more apparent sectarian death squad victims. The suicide bomber hit the checkpoint at 8:45 a.m. (0545 GMT) in the northern city of Tal Afar, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, said Mosul police Col. Abdel-Karim al-Jubouri. Four soldiers and four civilians were killed in the attack, and another six people were wounded. In Mosul itself, unidentified gunmen killed a woman who was walking with her 5-year-old son, al-Jubouri said. The boy was not harmed, he said. Another two civilians were killed and four more injured when a mortar shell hit a house before dawn in Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, Police Capt. Muthana Khalid was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
