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| Iraq |
| Six killed north of Baghdad |
| 2006-09-02 |
| INSURGENTS killed at least six people, including three traffic policemen, in the restive Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, police said today. In a deadly attack, three gunmen ambushed a traffic police patrol and killed three policemen, including a major, in the centre of the city, police said. In Baquba's northwestern Yarmuk neighbourhood, gunmen killed two civilians, while another civilian was shot dead in the western Mualimin neighbourhood. Also in Yarmuk, gunmen attacked a police patrol and wounded four policemen, while a mortar attack on a house in the same neighbourhood left two women and two girls wounded. In another attack, gunmen wounded a civilian in the centre of the city, while another Iraqi was wounded in Baquba's western Mafraq area, police said. Two civilians were also shot and wounded in Abu Saida, northeast of Baquba. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |