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| Gunman, 2 policemen killed in 3rd attack in Ninewa Sat. |
| 2010-08-29 |
| [Aswat al-Iraq] A gunman and two policemen were killed in an attack south of Mosul, the third of its kind in Ninewa province on Saturday, according to a local police source. "Gunmen clashed today (Aug. 28) with policemen in a checkpoint near the railway line linking Baghdad to Mosul in the village of al-Djawaana, al-Qiyara district, (60 km) south of Mosul, leaving a gunman and two policemen killed and another policeman wounded," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The bodies were removed to a morgue in the city," he said. The source added that policemen, after clashes ended, conducted a search raid in the area and arrested five persons believed to have been involved in the attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |