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| Woman shot dead during US house raid in Iraq |
| 2009-04-27 |
| [Khaleej Times] A woman and a policeman were shot dead during a US raid on a house in the southern Iraqi town of Kut early on Sunday, according to an Iraqi security official and a local medic. The Iraqi official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said US forces arrested five people in the raid, including a police captain and a tribal leader, all from the same family. A medic at a nearby hospital said it had received the body of a woman who had been shot in the stomach and the shoulder and a man who had been shot in the head. A US military spokesman confirmed that a woman was killed during the raid, saying "she was in the area during the engagement with a suspect, moved into the line of fire, and was struck by gunfire." The spokesman would not immediately provide further details on the target of the operation or say whether anyone had been arrested, citing security reasons. |
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