Bomb kills baby, her parents and five other family members in Iraq

 A bomb explosion near the house of policeman, Lt. Col. Qais Rashid, in the Iraqi town of Tikrit, has killed his parents, sister, two brothers, their wives, and 6-month-old niece. Insurgent terrorists frequently target police.¹

There is also another AP report saying the baby was a boy and that only three others were killed. It is possible that this story is an earlier report that has been corrected.²

Source: 1, 2. AP

Gunmen kill 29 in Karachi during bye-election for assasinated MP's seat

 Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in the Pakistani city of Karachi during a bye-election for the parliamentary seat of Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) assassinated Raza Haider. A hundred people have already died in the week following the assassination. MQM represents the Mohajirs who are  descendants of Urdu-speakers who moved to Pakistan after the partition from India, and they have blamed the killings on Pashtun-based Awami National Party (ANP), which has boycotted the bye-election.

Source: Reuters