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| Iraq |
| Eight soldiers police killed north of Baghdad |
| 2014-12-31 |
| On Monday evening, a soldier was killed, while seven elements of the army and the police were injured in a bombing and an armed attack in Tarmiya area (north of Baghdad), according to a police source. The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "An explosive device emplaced on the side of the road exploded this evening, targeting a police patrol in the district of Tarmiya northern of Baghdad. It resulted in wounding three police elements." The source added, "On Thursday evening, unidentified gunmen opened fire from machine guns toward the army in Tarmiya, which resulted in killing one soldier and wounding four others." The source added, "Security forces cordoned off the two locations and carried out a raid and search operation to find the perpetrators, while ambulances transported the injured to a nearby hospital and the dead to the Forensic Medicine department." |
| Posted by:Steve White |