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6 cops wounded in Diala

February 16, 2009 - 04:25:35

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Six policemen were wounded on Monday in a bomb explosion in the east of Mosul, a security source said.

“An explosive charge was detonated on Monday (Feb. 16) targeting a police vehicle patrol in Nada village in south of Mendli, east of Baaquba, injuring six cops, two of them who remain in serious condition,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The force was tracking down gunmen in the village and a shootout flared up between them,” he explained.

He did not add more details.

Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

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