Baghdad, July 17, SPA -- Suicide car bombers attacked twoIraqi police patrols in the capital Sunday, killing 10people, including five members of Iraqi security forces,police said. The first suicide attack killed two policemen and onecivilian in the eastern New Baghdad neighborhood, police1st Lt. Mohammed Jasim said. The attack also wounded sevenpolicemen, some seriously, and one other civilian. About an hour later the second suicide car bomber explodednear a police convoy near the Bay'a bus station in southernBaghdad, killing three police commandos and four civilians,police Capt. Talib Thamir said. Three civilians were alsoinjured in that blast, The Associated Press reported. After a lull in attacks following a security sweep last monththrough the capital, attacks have increased in recent days,including a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least60 people in Musayyib, about 70 kilometers (40 miles) southof Baghdad. On Friday, at least seven suicide attacks exploded in thecountry, killing at least 30 and wounding over 110 people.--SPA1052 Local Time 0752 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/277270
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