The bodies of three people, including a beheaded woman bearing signs of torture, were retrieved from the Tigris river near the town of Suwayra, south of Baghdad, police said.
One Soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division died Wednesday due to injuries sustained from enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province.
Another suicide car bomb in Taiyran Square in the center of the city killed two civilians and two police special forces members, and wounded 13 people, police said.