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Three soldiers killed, four kidnapped in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (KUNA) -- Three Iraqi soldiers were killed on Saturday and four others abducted in separate incidents in Fallujah in Anbar Province, west of Baghdad.
Two soldiers were killed in a shooting near Fallujah, while another was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen at an army checkpoint north Fallujah, an Iraqi security source told KUNA.
In another incident, four Iraqi soldiers were kidnapped when militants stopped their army vehicle and took them to an unknown place, the source added.
The Iraqi army had pulled its troops out of the city following a clash between soldiers and protesters in Fallujah on Friday, leaving several demonstrators killed or wounded. (end) ahh.mt KUNA 262017 Jan 13NNNN