5 cops, GI killed in Iraq
Insurgents targeted Iraqi security forces and government buildings with gunfire, suicide bomb attacks and mortar rounds yesterday, leaving at least five people dead including a top anti-corruption official as the conflict moved into its third year since the US-led invasion.
In the north, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a government compound in Mosul, killing himself and Walid Kashmoula, the head of the Iraqi police anti-corruption department, officials said. Three others were injured.
A US soldier was killed and three others wounded when a roadside bomb hit their patrol yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, the US military said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The attack happened at about 10:30 am (0730 GMT), said a military statement without giving further details.
In Baghdad, residents said saboteurs blew up a municipal building in a western neighbourhood, reducing the two-story building to rubble. No injuries were reported.
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