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10 killed in bomb attack in south of Baghdad

Arab World Materials 26 January 2012 10:59 (UTC +04:00)

A policeman and nine of his family members were killed in a bomb attack on their house in south of Baghdad on Thursday, a local police source said, dpa reported.

The attack occurred in the early morning hours when insurgents blew up bombs in the house of the policeman Ahmed Zuwaiyn in the town of Mussayab, some 60 km south of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene and launched investigation into the incident, the The town is part of the once restive area, dubbed Triangle of Death, which is a cluster of towns scattered between south of Baghdad and north of Hilla city, the capital of Babil province, some 100 km south of Baghdad.

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