BAGHDAD – Shelling in the Iraqi city of Falluja, held by anti-government fighters for more than four months, has killed 11 people in less than 24 hours, a doctor said on Sunday.



It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling in various areas in the south of city, just a short drive to the west of Baghdad.



The bombardment began on Saturday night and continued into Sunday, Doctor Ahmed Shami said, adding that four people were also wounded. The crisis in the desert province of Anbar, which shares a long border with conflict-hit Syria, erupted in late December when security forces dismantled Iraq’s main Sunni Arab anti-government protest camp just outside Ramadi.



The bloodshed comes during vote counting from the April 30 general election, the first since American troops withdrew in late 2011, and amid a protracted surge in nationwide unrest. – AFP