Bombings, shooting kill 11 in Iraq

Two bombings and an ambush of a police checkpoint in Iraq killed 11 people in and west of the capital on Monday, said officials. According to AP, police officials said the deadliest attack took place at night when a bomb exploded inside a café full of customers in southwestern Baghdad, killing six and wounding 16. Hours earlier, three people were killed and five others wounded when a bomb went off in a commercial street in the Abu Ghraib area to the west of the capital. Also, gunmen sprayed a security checkpoint with bullets in the city of Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Baghdad. Two policemen were killed in the attack, said officials. Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures for all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.