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Attacks kill 10 people in and around Baghdad

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AP Baghdad
Iraqi officials say attacks targeting public places and security forces have killed 10 people around Baghdad.

Police officials say a bomb went off tonight near a cafe just south of the capital, killing three people and wounding 11 others.

Police say a bomb blast on a commercial street in Baghdad's western Ghazaliyah neighborhood killed two people and wounded eight others. Another bomb struck an army patrol in the western suburb of Abu Ghraib, killing two soldiers and one civilian.

Two mortar shells struck a farmhouse south of Baghdad, killing a farmer and his wife.

Medical officials confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

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First Published: Feb 20 2015 | 12:30 AM IST

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