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A bomb blast and an ambush by gunmen on a convoy of buses near the town of Baquba killed 13 police recruits on Sunday.
Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST
BAGHDAD: A bomb blast and an ambush by gunmen on a convoy of buses near the town of Baquba killed 13 police recruits on Sunday and several more recruits were kidnapped, a local official said.
Another 25 police recruits were wounded, the official said.
The official said the buses were taking the police recruits to Baghdad from a base which was attacked by insurgents using mortars and rifle fire on Saturday.
The attack on Saturday left many dead and 80 casualties, the official said.
Baquba, 65 km north of Baghdad, is in an area with a mixed population of Shi'ites and Sunni Arabs and it has seen relentless sectarian bloodshed in recent months.