Aftermath of bomb attack on cafe that killed six people

(29 Oct 2013) There were scenes of devastation at Al-Beirooti caf� in Baghdad's Abu Dshir neighbourhood on Tuesday, the day after a bomb blast there killed six people and wounded 16. Local people surveyed the aftermath of the attack, including shrapnel holes and blood stained furniture. The six people who died were among at least 11 people were killed in Iraq on Monday, after two bombings and an ambush of a police checkpoint, according to officials. Hours before the Abu Dshir bombing, which was the deadliest of Monday's attacks according to police, three people were killed and five others wounded when a bomb went off in a commercial street in the Abu Ghraib area to the west of the capital. Also, gunmen sprayed a security checkpoint with bullets in the city of Fallujah, a former al-Qaida stronghold 65 kilometres (40 miles) from Baghdad. Two policemen were killed in the attack, said officials. Violence has spiked in Iraq, with over 5,000 people killed, since a deadly April security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawijah. Public places like cafes, restaurants, mosques and markets have been bombed by insurgents who want to undermine the Shiite led-government in Baghdad. Security forces have also been targeted. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...