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Five Iraqi servicemen killed, 9 injured in bomb blasts N. Iraq

IRBIL, June 30 (KUNA) -- Five Iraqi security personnel, including an officer, were killed while nine others were wounded in violent actions in the northern Nineveh province on Saturday, a police source said.
He told KUNA that three policemen and a civilian were killed, while five civilians were injured in a bomb attack against a police patrol in southern Mosul city.
Another explosion targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed a captain and injured two soldiers, said the source.
A policeman in the oil facilities protection unit was killed and two of his colleagues were injured in a bomb attack against an oil pipeline in western Mosul. (end) sbr.bs KUNA 301957 Jun 12NNNN