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Iraq: Funeral bombings, police station and other attacks leave 83 dead

July 30, 2016Agence France-Presse

A pair of bombings during a funeral procession in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood killed at least 72 people, while insurgents launching a suicide attack on a police station in Beiji killed seven and wounded 21 others.

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