Suicide bombers target Baghdad police stations, kill at least 16

Suicide bombers target Baghdad police stations, kill at least 16

2011-10-12 21:55:03 GMT+7 (ICT)

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- Two suicide bombers attacked two Iraqi police stations in the country's capital city of Baghdad on Wednesday morning, officials said, killing at least 16 people. Dozens more were injured.

One of the suicide car bombings on Wednesday morning targeted a police station located in Baghdad's midtown area of Alhurriya, killing at least five people including four policemen. Around 20 others were injured, according to the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA).

The second attack, also involving a suicide car bombing, struck a police station in the Karada area of Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 28 others. Among the dead were three policemen.

The Aswat al-Iraq news agency, citing police sources, put the overall death toll as a result of both attacks at 16 while more than 50 others were injured. It did not say how many people were killed in each attack, which heavily damaged both police stations.

Meanwhile, three more people were killed in western Baghdad when a parked vehicle exploded near a local police station, NINA reported. Eleven others were wounded and taken to area hospitals.

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