45 Iraqis killed in Baquba in attacks on police stations
9/11/2004 17:30
At least 45 Iraqis were killed Tuesday when insurgents attacked three
police stations in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, medical sources and witnesses
said.
"Forty-five bodies had arrived at the morgue and the hospital had
received 32 wounded," said a medical source in Baquba hospital.
The police
said insurgents attacked three police stations in the city, killing 25 policemen
and wounding dozens.
They said the attacks targeted the Wahda, Tahrir and
Mafraq police stations in Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad.
Insurgents
also distributed leaflets, warning people not to cooperate with the government
or go to schools, according to residents.
The deadly attacks came as the US
Marines backed by Iraqi forces were punching into the restive city of Fallujah,
50 km west of Baghdad.
Xinhua News
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