13 killed in Iraq violence

By IANS,

Baghdad : At least 13 people died in a robbery and grenade attack in and around Baghdad Monday, police said.


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Two jewellers died when gunmen stormed their store in al-Shaab district of the city.

They also shot dead four policemen and two passers-by during their escape.

Ten others were injured.

One of the gang members was killed and another was captured, a police officer said.

Their associates decamped with jewels and cash, Xinhua reported.

Earlier, five other policemen were killed in a grenade and gunfire attack in the town of Tarmiyah, near Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.

Two people were injured.

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