At least 77 Iraqis have been killed and 70 injured in clashes in the holy city of Najaf over the past 24 hours, Iraq's Health Ministry stated on Friday.
According to Reuters, the Ministry said 13 Iraqis were killed and 107 others injured in Baghdad and one killed and another wounded in Basra in the same period.
Six of those killed in Najaf were police who died in a mortar attack, it conveyed.
Meanwhile, two Iraqis were shot dead by Dutch forces early Friday in the southern Iraq city of Samawah, Iraqi police said. (albawaba.com)
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