At least 9 killed in attack near Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in an area southeast of Baghdad torn by sectarian violence, police said.

A mortar round landed in a crowded market near a bus station and killed seven people and wounded 20 in the town of Gisr Diyala near Salman Pak, while a car bomb near a police checkpoint in Salman Pak killed two civilians and wounded three police officers.

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