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Baghdad: Clashes between security forces and Shiite gunmen killed six people and wounded 28 in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.
The clashes put further strain on a weekend agreement to halt nearly two months of fighting in the capital.
Police said gunmen fought US and Iraqi forces in the east Baghdad stronghold of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr. Five people were killed and 22 wounded overnight, police said, without giving details on the casualties.
Fighting also erupted in western Baghdad's Shula district, another bastion of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.
On Wednesday, heavy automatic weapon fire echoed through the streets of Shula as US attack helicopters hovered overhead. Shops were closed and residents stayed home.
Police said one person had been killed and six wounded in the Shula fighting, which began on Tuesday.
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