BREAKING NEWS

Iraq violence kills nearly 900 in September, gunmen storm police station

TIKRIT, Iraq - Nearly 900 civilians were killed across Iraq in September as sectarian violence worsened, raising the death toll for 2013 to more than last year's total, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Most of the bloodshed was instigated by Sunni Islamist militants. In addition to 887 civilians, 92 members of the security forces were killed.
September's toll brought the number of people killed so far this year to 5,740, exceeding the toll for all of 2012, when the first yearly increase in civilian deaths was recorded since 2009 following the withdrawal of US troops in December 2011.
Overall, Baghdad was the worst-affected governorate.