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Gunmen kill Iraqi general in Baghdad

Arab World Materials 23 December 2010 13:11 (UTC +04:00)

Gunmen have opened fire on an army brigadier's general car, leaving the general dead and his daughter wounded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say, Press TV reported.

The attack happened late Wednesday in the Mansour district of Baghdad, defense and interior ministry officials said on Thursday.

The victim was identified as General Imad Hasham of the army's sixth division, AFP reported.

Also on Thursday, three people were wounded in another attack. Two civilians and a policeman were wounded by two explosions near an Iraqi Federal Police patrol, close to a gas station in east Baghdad al-Sadr city, security source said.

Earlier on Wednesday, gunmen shot and wounded police Lieutenant Colonel Majid Hamid as he was driving through the Amiriya area of Baghdad, officials said.

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