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Iraq: 9 killed in checkpoint attack
10/30/2013 3:39:54 PM
- Attack on a checkpoint west of Mosul leaves at least nine dead, 25 injured
- Attackers detonated a car bomb, then opened fire on an ambulance
- More than 6,000 people have died in attacks in Iraq so far this year
(CNN) -- Attackers targeting security forces staged a coordinated assault on a police checkpoint west of Mosul, Iraq, killing at least nine people and wounding 25 others Wednesday in the latest spasm of violence in an increasingly restive country.
According to Mosul police, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint manned by police and military forces about in al-Mowali district 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Mosul.
Gunmen then opened fire on an ambulance carrying security forces wounded in the blast.
Among the dead were four security officers and four women, police said.
Violence has been on the upswing in Iraq since spring as tensions have grown between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni minority. More than 6,000 people have been killed this year, including more than 350 this month.
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