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Baghdad: A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols on Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said.
The suicide attacker rammed into a police patrol mid-afternoon in Nisoor Square on the capital's west side, killing a civilian and a policeman, police said. Another five people were wounded.
The other explosion took place nearly simultaneously across town at a crowded bus stop where passengers were lining up to catch rides to eastern Shiite neighbourhoods, though police said the target was the passing convoy of a top Iraqi police general.
Four people were killed and 18 wounded, Brigadier General Nazar Majeed among them. Three of the dead were policemen.
The area includes shops that sell spare auto parts and tires, and is frequently used as a shortcut for Interior Ministry convoys trying to avoid traffic jams on another main street leading to government buildings, the officer said.
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