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Attacks kill several in northern Iraq

Published: March. 5, 2008 at 8:48 AM

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KIRKUK, Iraq, March 5 (UPI) -- Several Iraqi civilians were killed and several others injured in two attacks Wednesday and police arrested a member of terror group Ansar al-Sunna.

A gunman killed two people and wounded three others in southern Kirkuk, Iraqi police officials told the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA. The same attacker later denoted a bomb killing one and injuring two others in the same area.

An anonymous police official in Kirkuk told KUNA officials arrested a member of Ansar al-Sunna at a checkpoint.

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