At least two people have lost lives and ten others have suffered injuries in separate terrorist attacks across violence-plagued Iraq, police say.

In the first development, a man working for a weaving factory in Mosul was killed on Thursday when unknown gunmen opened fire on him near his house in the al-Shurta neighborhood in the northern part of the volatile northern Iraqi city.

Security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched an investigation into the motives behind the assault.

Separately, a civilian sustained grave injuries after he was targeted by unidentified assailants in the al-Siha neighborhood, western Mosul.

In another act of violence, two members of the Iraqi police force were wounded when a hand grenade blast targeted their patrol in eastern Mosul on Thursday.

A source, who asked not be named, told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency that a hand grenade was hurled at the policemen's patrol in al-Muthanna neighborhood, eastern Mosul, leaving the two police officers wounded. The injured patrolmen were rushed to a nearby hospital to receive medical treatment.

A police officer and a child were wounded on Wednesday when two IEDs, improvised explosive devices, went off in Mosul.

"An improvised explosive device went off against a police patrol in Yarmouk roundabout, western Mosul, wounding a police officer," a police source told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) on condition of anonymity on Thursday.

He added, "An improvised explosive device went off in Risala neighborhood, western Mosul, wounding a nine-year old child."

Meanwhile, unknown assailants sho
t dead a high school headmistress in southeastern Baghdad on Thursday for no apparent reason.

“Gunmen opened fire at the headmistress of the al-Maali high school, Safaa Abdul Amir al-Khafaji, right off school gates in al-Qadir neighborhood. She died instantly,” a police source in Baghdad told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He added the gunmen escaped the scene unscathed in a waiting vehicle after the lethal assault.

Last but not least, five civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on Thursday afternoon in close proximity to the al-Wehda bank on al-Senaa street, central Baghdad.

Iraq remains the scene of frequent shootings and bombings more than six years after the US-led invasion of the oil-rich country.

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