29 Mar 2024
Saturday 21 September 2013 - 18:24
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A dozen police officers killed in attacks in north Iraq


About a dozen police officers have been killed in several attacks in northern Iraq amid ongoing violence in the Arab country.
The attacks took place on Saturday with Iraqi officials saying 11 officers were killed in the latest incidents of the months-long surge of violence in the country.

The deadliest incident came after four bombers attacked a headquarters for police commandos in the city of Beiji, located 250 km north of the capital, Bagdad.

Seven police officers were killed and 21 others injured in the attack. The guards killed one of the bombers, but the other three entered the compound and set off their explosive belts.

In a separate incident, two prison guards were shot dead after unknown gunmen stormed their houses in a village near Mosul city, 360 km northwest of Baghdad.

A roadside bomb also struck a convoy in Mosul, killing two soldiers and wounding four others.

Violence has surged across Iraq in recent months, reaching its highest level since 2008.

According to the United Nations, more than 5,000 people have been killed in acts of violence so far this year in Iraq, 800 of them in August alone with Baghdad Province worst hit.

July was Iraq's deadliest month in five years with 1,057 people killed and 2,326 wounded in terrorist attacks.

The Iraqi government says al-Qaeda-linked groups and members of the outlawed Baath Party are behind the surge in terrorist attacks in the country.

By Press TV

 

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