Two soldiers, one police killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD: Assailants armed with bombs and firearms killed two soldiers and one policeman in northern Iraq on Monday, police said.
In the city of Mosul, unknown gunmen shot and killed two soldiers at a checkpoint, they said.
In Baiji, north of Baghdad, police Lieutenant-Colonel Salam Juma was killed by a magnetic "sticky bomb" that attaches to vehicles.
Meanwhile, in Tuz Khurmatu 12 people were wounded, among them policemen, according to city mayor Shalal Abed Wali.
The violence comes after June was the deadliest month so far this year for the number of Iraqis killed, and the bloodiest in three years for US forces, who lost 14 soldiers in attacks.
Last month, 271 Iraqis died in attacks, among them 155 civilians, 77 policemen and 39 soldiers, according to a government count.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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