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10 killed, 53 wounded in Iraq's violence

(Xinhua)

08:39, June 07, 2013

BAGHDAD, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and 53 wounded in separate shootings and bombings in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the police said.

Up to five people, including two policemen, were killed and 30 wounded when two roadside bombs detonated near a police patrol in Nahrawan area, in the southeastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Earlier, the source put the toll at three killed and 14 wounded.

In a separate incident, a booby-trapped car went off at the industrial area in Baghdad southern district of Baiyaa, killing two people and wounding up to 14, the source added.

Also in Baghdad, six people were wounded when a roadside bomb ripped through al-Dowanim area in southwestern the capital.

In northern Iraq, gunmen broke into a house in al-Zanjily district in central the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, and shot dead two women before they fled the scene, a local police source anonymously told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, gunmen opened fire on a car carrying four soldiers in the southern part of Mosul, killing one and wounding three.

Violence is still common in Iraq despite a dramatic decrease since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.

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