BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Four policemen and two detainees were killed in a suicide bombing attack in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said.

"A gunman went off an explosive belt strapped to his body in front of al-Tasfierat jail in al-Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, killing four policemen and two detainees," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that casualties are likely to increase.

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