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| Iraq: Security forces killed in multiple attacks | |
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| More than 50 people, most of them soldiers and police, have been killed in attacks in Iraq. | |
| Two attacks on security forces in Mosul killed 33 people, officials said. | |
| Hours earlier, gunmen attacked two prisons near Baghdad - Taji to the north and Abu Ghraib to the west - killing at least 25 members of the security forces. | |
| It is unclear who was behind the attacks, but there has been a recent escalation in violence across Iraq. | It is unclear who was behind the attacks, but there has been a recent escalation in violence across Iraq. |
| More than 200 people have been killed since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and 2,500 Iraqis have died in violent attacks since April, according to UN figures released this month. | More than 200 people have been killed since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and 2,500 Iraqis have died in violent attacks since April, according to UN figures released this month. |
| Prison raids | Prison raids |
| The prison attacks were launched at about 21:30 (18:30 GMT) on Sunday night. | |
| Gunmen fired mortar rounds at Taji prison, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, and a suicide car bomber then attacked the main gate. | Gunmen fired mortar rounds at Taji prison, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, and a suicide car bomber then attacked the main gate. |
| At Abu Ghraib jail a group of policemen were killed during a similar mortar attack. | At Abu Ghraib jail a group of policemen were killed during a similar mortar attack. |
| Fighting continued throughout the night, and the military deployed aircraft around the two prisons. | Fighting continued throughout the night, and the military deployed aircraft around the two prisons. |
| Islamist militants have claimed that some prisoners were able to escape during the attacks, but officials deny this. | Islamist militants have claimed that some prisoners were able to escape during the attacks, but officials deny this. |
| In Mosul, on Monday morning, a man drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a military convoy. | In Mosul, on Monday morning, a man drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a military convoy. |
| "A suicide bomber was following the convoy and when it stopped in the middle of road he detonated his vehicle right behind it," a policeman told Reuters news agency. | |
| A group of soldiers and at least two passers-by were among the dead, officials said. | A group of soldiers and at least two passers-by were among the dead, officials said. |
| A second attack was launched on a group of policemen, several of whom were killed when gunmen stormed their checkpoint. | |
| Mosul, 360 km (220 miles) north-west of Baghdad, is one of the Iraq's major flashpoints. | Mosul, 360 km (220 miles) north-west of Baghdad, is one of the Iraq's major flashpoints. |
| Insurgent groups such as al-Qaeda have found Mosul a fertile recruiting ground. | Insurgent groups such as al-Qaeda have found Mosul a fertile recruiting ground. |
| It is the capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province, and many Iraqi Sunnis resent the Shia-led government, correspondents say. | It is the capital of the Sunni-dominated Nineveh province, and many Iraqi Sunnis resent the Shia-led government, correspondents say. |