Iraqi and US forces raided a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad today, triggering a gunbattle that left three people dead, while 12 others were killed elsewhere.

A suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners at a funeral in Saddam Hussein’s hometown today, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 18, police said.

Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms today seized two German engineers working at a detergent plant near the northern Iraqi town of Beiji, police said.