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BAGHDAD, Oct 3 (KUNA) -- An army officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen in
Mosul while a policeman was killed in a bomb attack in Kirkuk, north Iraq,
Wednesday.
The gunmen who were in a speeding car gunned down an army lieutenant in
Al-Jazaer district, east Mosul city, a police source told KUNA here.
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol on Cornish St., Kirkuk, killed a
policeman and damaged the vehicle of the patrol, the source added.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi army and police launched a large-scale joint operation
against militants in Borj billage, of Al-Touz township, south Kirkuk.
The campaign led to the arrest of nine terror suspects and the confiscation
of large quantities of arms and munitions, the source added. (end)
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