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Five killed in Iraq bombings

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IANS Baghdad

At least five people were killed and as many wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq Friday, police said.

Three soldiers were killed and five others wounded when a suicide car bomb went off at a checkpoint manned by the Iraqi army in the area of Heat, some 170 km from Baghdad, reported Xinhua citing police.

In a separate attack, a policeman and a child were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in the area of Baiji, some 200 km rom Baghdad, the source said.

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First Published: Oct 04 2013 | 11:52 PM IST

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