At least nine people were killed Sunday in three areas across Iraq, dpa quoted security and medical sources as saying. Two policemen and two militants were killed in clashes in the town of Baquba, 57 kilometres north-east of the capital Baghdad, security sources told dpa. Elsewhere, four army soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack by unknown gunmen at a checkpoint in the western city of Faluja, reported the Iraqi news agency Al Bughdadia. Meanwhile, one person died and three were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the northern city of Mosul, security sources said. The car was parked in a shopping area in Mosul, 400 kilometres north of Baghdad. Several stores were also damaged, they said.
