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Baghdad firefight leaves 24 dead | ||
It says six soldiers and seven insurgents were also injured in the ambush, which took place about 20 miles (30 km) from the Iraqi capital. Earlier on Sunday a suicide bomber killed the head of the police anti-corruption department in the northern city of Mosul. Insurgents then attacked his funeral, killing at least two other people. The Iraqi cell of al-Qaeda said they carried out the attack in Mosul.
However, reports that a government minister had been kidnapped south of Baghdad turned out to be incorrect. The Mosul attack was the second time in less than 48 hours that a murdered policeman's funeral has been targeted with further fatalities. On Saturday, at least three Iraqi policemen were killed by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk during a funeral procession for a policeman gunned down the day before. Mosul is a mainly Sunni Muslim city with a powerful insurgent presence and has been the scene of several attacks in recent weeks. | ||
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