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Five Iraqis killed in two attacks in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Five Iraqis, including four policemen, were killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.
Unknown gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint in Abu Ghraib, west of the capital, during which four policemen were killed, Iraqi police sources said.
An Iraqi civilian was killed and three others injured, when a booby-trapped car exploded in Al-Khathmeyah, north of Baghdad, the police sources said.
The Iraqi authorities in Baghdad has warned against a new kind of small explosive devices that could be stuck to wheels of civilian vehicles.(end) ahh.lb KUNA 231351 Dec 09NNNN