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Final Death toll is 20 killed, 300 injured in armed attacks in Baghdad
 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Health Ministry said on Sunday that the final death toll in armed attacks which targeted thousands of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi capital has risen to 322 killed and injured. A source from the Iraqi Health Ministry said the final victims' death toll is 20 people were killed and 302 injured, with varying degrees of injuries.Meanwhile, Iraqi police said today that four police officers among them two brothers were killed by unknown gunmen in the Diyali province north east of Baghdad. A police statement from the Diyali office said unknown gunmen killed two brothers from the same police security force and injured their father in the Tahrir area in Baqouba city. Police also said two civilians were killed and an arrest of two armed men was made today in different parts of Diyali province. A statement issued by police public relations and media office said two civilians were killed by unknown gunmen in two separate attacks in Dour Al-Jahiza and Al-Tahrir in Baqouba town in Diyali province. The statement added, police captured two armed men in the Sowamer area in Baqouba town, along with confiscation of weapon's caches, explosive materials. Posted by: Fred 2006-08-22 |
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