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UPDATED: Police kill 5 suicide bombers north of Baghdad

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi police killed on Monday 5 suicide bombers at two separate regions north of Baghdad, the capital’s security command said in a statement.

A statement by the Interior Ministry’s Baghdad Operations said two bombers clad in explosive belts were killed at al-Salman area, north of Baghdad.

Another trio, also putting on explosive vests, was killed at Sheikh Hamad area after an exchange of fires with the forces, the department said. Grenades were found in their possessions and their explosive belts were defused, according to the service.

Violence surged in Iraq with the emergence of Islamic State militants who took over large areas of the country in 2014. Baghdad has been witnessing almost daily bombings targeting civilians and security personnel. IS militants have said they had been responsible for several bloody explosions that hit the capital in the past weeks, bringing the governorate municipal and security officials under critics’ fire.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said violence in the country left 19000 casualties in nine months of 2016.

Civilian killed, 4 wounded in bomb blast south of Baghdad

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) One civilian was killed and four others were wounded on Monday when a bomb blast hit an area south of Baghdad, according to police sources.

“An explosive device exploded this afternoon near a popular market in Suweib, south of Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others,” police sources told Alsumaria News.

Violence surged in Iraq with the emergence of Islamic State militants who took over large areas of the country in 2014. Baghdad has been witnessing almost daily bombings targeting civilians and security personnel.

Nobody has claimed responsibility yet for the Monday bombing, but IS militants have said they had been responsible for several bloody explosions that hit the capital in the past months, bringing the governorate municipal and security officials under critics’ fire.
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