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Police Commander's Convoyed Attacked In Baghdad

October 12 2009

Iraq

A senior Iraqi federal police officer escaped injury in a bomb attack in central Baghdad on Monday, reports Xinhua, China's state news agency.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed Sabri's convoy was traveling through the Karrada neighborhood when a roadside bomb went off, said a police source.

The blast damaged one of the convoy's vehicles and several nearby buildings, said security officials.

Four people were wounded, including one of the police chief's bodyguards. Sabri was not hurt, said...

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