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BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Nine Iraqis were killed and 42 injured in a
series of explosions in different parts of Iraq on Saturday, while police
arrested a suicide attacker shortly before detonating explosives in an open
air market.
An explosive device went off in southeast of Baghdad killing a civilian and
injuring five others, a police source told KUNA.
Seven civilians were injured when a suicide attacker detonated his
explosive belt near mourning house northern Babel, he added.
Two civilians were killed and nine injured in a car bomb attack in northern
Babel as well.
Five people were killed and 17 wounded in a bomb explosion in Diyala
governorate today.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen shot dead a policeman and injured his brother in
Al-Maqdadiya province.
On the other hand, three civilians including a woman were seriously injured
in a bomb blast in Fallujah. (end)
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