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Baghdad
bomb
targets
police
station
A car bomb has exploded close to a police station in southern Baghdad, killing four Iraqis and injuring four others.
Officers
guarding
the
police
station
in
the
capital's
southern
Dora
neighbourhood
opened
fire
on
the
vehicle
as
it
sped
toward
them
and
exploded,
a
police
official
said
on
Friday. "The
attack
killed
four
people,
three
of
them
policemen
and
wounded
four
others,
three
policemen
and
one
civilian,"
said
a
medical
source
from
the
emergency
department
at
Baghdad's
Yarmuk
hospital. Baghdad's
Dora
neighbourhood
has
become
a
flashpoint
in
recent
days,
with
several
street
battles
between
fighters
and
Iraqi
National
Guard
troops
and the
killing of
government
officials. On
10
January,
attackers
shot
dead
Baghdad's
deputy
police
chief,
Brig
Amir
Ali
Nayif,
and
his
son,
also
a
police
officer,
in
the
Dora
district. Marine
base
attacked Meanwhile, fighters
shelled
a
US
Marine
base
south
of
Baghdad
on
Friday,
injuring
three
American
troops
and
three
civilians,
the
military
said. Mortar
shells
exploded
inside
Camp
Kalsu,
the
main
base
of
the
24th
Marine
Expeditionary
Unit.
One
marine,
two
soldiers
and
three
civilians
were
injured,
the
military
said.
There
was
no
immediate
word
on
any
deaths
in
the
attack. Iraqi
police
and
soldiers
have
been
repeatedly
targeted
by
fighters
ahead
of
the
country's
elections
on
Sunday. Fighters
have detonated
bombs
at
several
schools
that
were
to
be
used
as
polling
stations. They
have
also
targeted
election
officials
and
members
of
Iraq's
Shia
community. On
Thursday
fighters
in
Iraq
attacked
an
Australian
military
convoy
in
Baghdad,
an
army
patrol
in
Samarra,
police
and
polling
stations
in
Kirkuk
and
the
governor's
office
in
Baquba.
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