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* Story Highlights
* Christian woman and her daughter-in-law's throats slit in their
home late Sunday
* In nearby neighborhood in Kirkuk, gunmen shoot father and three
sons; one dies
* Targeted by extremists, many of Iraq's 1 million Christians have
fled country By Jomana Karadsheh
CNN BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two attacks on Christian families in the city of
Kirkuk on Sunday evening left three people dead and two others wounded,
police said.
Due to persecution, Christians in Iraq have had to rely on Iraqi
security forces, as shown here on Easter Sunday. The first occurred in a neighborhood in southern Kirkuk when a Christian
woman and her daughter-in-law were murdered in their home late night
Sunday. Police told CNN the attackers slit the women's throats. In a neighborhood close by, gunmen attacked a Christian family in their
home, shooting a father and his three sons, police said. One of the sons
died instantly and the other son and the father were wounded. Many of Iraq's estimated 1 million Christians have fled the country
after targeted attacks by extremists. In October, more than a thousand Iraqi families fled the northern city
of Mosul after they were reportedly frightened by a series of killings
and threats by Muslim extremists, who apparently ordered them to convert
to Islam or face possible death. At least 14 Christians were killed in Mosul in the first two weeks of
October. Kirkuk is 150 miles (240 km) north of Baghdad.
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