Iraq Watch: April 30, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ Six people were killed when a tanker truck fitted with chlorine gas exploded west of Ramadi.

Baghdad Province

_ A car bomb in the capital's mixed Baiyaa district left five dead and 10 injured.

_ At least four Iraqis were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed into a security checkpoint in western Baghdad. The mid-morning blast caused part of a nearby tunnel to collapse.

_ Mortar rounds slammed into a nothern Baghdad neighborhood Monday killing at least six civilians.

_ 27 corpses were discovered scattered across Baghdad. Those found were believed to be the victims of sectarian death squads.

Diyala Province

_ A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite funeral procession Monday evening in Khalis. At least 32 mourners were killed and another 63 wounded.

Sources: AP, Reuters