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Iraq jailbreak leaves at least 14 dead

Three Islamist militants escaped a police station in Ramadi after clashes that killed at least seven police and seven militants, officials said.

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  • Published: 16:52 December 26, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: Three Islamist militants escaped a police station in Ramadi after clashes that killed at least seven police and seven militants, officials said.

Prisoners at the Al Fursan facility overpowered a policeman who entered a cell early on Friday, stealing the man's weapon and killing him, said Major General Tareq Yusuf.

Six other police officers, including a lieutenant colonel and a captain, were killed in subsequent clashes and six were wounded, Yusuf said.

Seven of the militants inside the police prison were killed in the fighting, he said.

Police imposed a curfew and searched homes after the incident for the escaped militants, Yusuf said.

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