Iraq attacks kill at least 282 in June

BAGHDAD — Attacks in Iraq killed at least 282 people in June, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources, though official figures put the death toll at less than half that number. At least 282 people were killed across Iraq from June 1 through June 30, according to the AFP tally, while figures compiled by the Iraqi ministries of health, interior and defense showed that 131 Iraqis — 85 civilians, 26 police and 20 soldiers — died in violence last month. That compared with 132 deaths in May, according to official figures. The official figures put the number of wounded at 269 — 111 civilians, 99 police and 59 soldiers, while 11 insurgents were killed, and 100 arrested. Iraq was hit by a wave of attacks in June. A suicide bombing against the headquarters of the Shiite endowment killed at least 25 people June 4. — AFP