13 killed in attacks

Bomb blasts, shootings and rocket-propelled grenade attacks killed at least 13 people throughout Iraq, including a policeman’s four children, officials said today.

Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at the home of an Iraqi police officer in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, said a spokesman for the Iraqi police Joint Co-ordination Centre. The officer’s children, aged six to 11, and their uncle were killed, the spokesman said.