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Eight killed, 33 injured in a string of attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
Sep 5, 2010, 16:48 GMT
Baghdad - Eight people were killed and 33 injured in separate attacks in Iraq on Sunday, security sources and local media reported.
In Baghdad, six people were killed and 29 injured by a suicide bomb attack targeting the Ministry of Defence building in the area of Bab al-Muadham, security sources said.
The bomber tried to drive a minibus filled with explosives past a police checkpoint outside the building. Police opened fire at the minibus, setting off the explosion.
In the neighbourhood of al-Dora, meanwhile, a man was killed by a bomb that had been planted in his car, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. Two bystanders were injured in the blast.
A roadside bomb also injured two people in the eastern area of al- Kamaliya, Aswat al-Iraq said.
In the northern city of Mosul, another man was killed in a drive- by shooting in the al-Zohour neighbourhood, police said.
Iraqi security forces arrested 11 suspected militants in and around Mosul, four of which are believed to work for al-Qaeda.
The United States officially ended its combat mission in Iraq last week. Its remaining 49,700 troops will only have advisory, training and counterterrorism roles until they too leave in 2011.
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